While adapting to all of the changes that come when parents split, the last thing a child needs is to be put in the middle of the dispute. Parents should always strive to insulate their children from ...

Every day, I receive emails from alienated parents and extended family members distraught over the suffering of their children—as well as their own grief and frustration at their powerlessness 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, ...

Parental alienation is child abuse. We must do better at protecting these children and helping them to heal. Source: (c) HaywireMedia/fotosearch A distraught divorced ...

This next story is about what can happen when one parent in a family is so angry at the other that they deploy the kids as weapons. It's a phenomenon known as parental alienation. It is common, more ...

Parental alienation is when one parent manipulates the child into distancing themselves from the other parent. But does this ...

Family courts in England and Wales should give more weight to allegations of domestic abuse than to claims of "parental alienation", according to new guidance. When parents have separated, and are ...

Americans are locked in a crazy custody battle for their children – with the government. The Biden-Harris administration and state governments, such as Gov. Tim Walz’s Minnesota, are supporting the ...

A mother listening on a video call hears her child say he is "scared" of her, then realizes the words are not his. They are a ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Dawn Boettger, Family Therapist, joins Karen ...