Parental alienation can have far-reaching and enduring effects, including difficulties with reality testing, social withdrawal, and relationship problems. Depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, ...

Parental alienation has become the nuclear weapon of custody battles. Accuse your ex of alienating your children, and you might win full custody. Get caught actually alienating, and you could lose ...

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Prevention of the disintegration of families is such an important goal that judges, traditionally cautious, practical, and careful, can be enlisted to actively try to reverse the effects of a family's ...

“Have kids,” they said. “It’ll be great.” While this may be true most of the time, there’s more to parenting than what meets the eye. Being a mom has been one of the best things to ever happen to ...

During conflict within families, children often side with one parent. When does that behavior turn into more harmful parental alienation? Medically reviewed by Dr. Ann-Louise T Lockhart, PsyD, ...

CONCORD, N.H. — Divorced parents and step-parents recounted personal horror stories Tuesday during testimony on a Republican-sponsored bill that makes “parental alienation” as important as child abuse ...

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Programs that treat "parental alienation" can leave kids with alleged abusers for months or years. California's legislature unanimously passed Piqui's Law, named after a 5-year-old murdered by his ...

Parental alienation is when a child strongly aligns with one parent (the alienating parent) and rejects the other parent (the target parent) for unwarranted reasons. In practice, the alienating parent ...