If you are one of the millions
of alienated parents in the world, you can find the information you need immediately online for a nominal cost.
I have represented, along
with alienated parents, the grandparents that have been kept out of the lives of their grandchildren.
Without a doubt, proper responses may offset alienation, but it is beneficial to understand exactly
what alienated parents have to deal with.
Maybe it kept peace within the church, she thought, but one always ended up with the sort of language that had
so alienated her parents.
We represent a large group
of alienated parents, grandparents and other family members who have been failed by a flawed system.
In my case this humble blog of mine is simply one of an incalculable number of blogs written
by alienated parents.
Sue Whitcombe's (2014): Powerless: the lived experience of
alienated parents in the UK and article in The Psychologist (2014) Parental Alienation: time to notice, time to intervene.
Baker (2007a) offers several useful starting places for therapists to consider in working with
alienating parents who may or may not benefit from a referral to a separate therapist.
Alienating parents often use grandparents, aunts / uncles, and other elders to alienate their children against the target parent.
«These cases should be fast - tracked
because alienating parents exploit the ability for the courts to delay things to their benefit.
As
most alienated parents have not been prepared to deal with the extreme behaviors manifested by alienated children, they may not know how to respond.
Asenka Kramer is an English language and literature teacher and a cultural anthropologist from Zagreb, who is one of the founders and volunteers of NGO Association Child - divorce
supporting alienated parents.
Many
alienated parents come to Gene C. Colman Family Law Centre feeling hopeless with nowhere to turn after they have been denied child access.
Parents Against Parental Alienation (PAPA) is an online Yahoo support group
where alienated parents share support, suggestions and advocacy opportunities.
Finally, little is known about
how alienated parents cope with the damage inflicted on their relationship (s) with their children.
I immediately thought to myself «there's nothing quite like a subtle reminder of how utterly ridiculous the legal system currently
treats alienated parents, prior to commencing a co-parenting workshop for parents that are currently being prevented from seeing their own children!»
Common Tactics Used in Alienating Children - In an earlier post, I noted some of the common things
alienating parents say to their children.
As
such alienating parents see no wrong in destroying a previously loving relationship between their child (ren) and the targeted parent.
Gregory Lester, Ph.D., describes possible causes that can account for the severity of the psychological disturbance seen in
severely alienating parents.
As a start: Dr. Kathleen Reay has a workbook to help
alienated parents cope with this form of stress and rejection.