These are just some of the more common statements
alienating parents say to their children about the targeted parent.
Here are 10 things that
alienating parents say to their children that often in result in their rejection of the targeted parent:
«10 Things
Alienating Parents Say to Their Children Main Five Things Kids Want When Their Parents Divorce»
Not exact matches
A list of «advice» like yours, with a recommended response to another mom doing something as simple as
saying she's tired being to brag about how awesome your
parenting skills are, is nothing more than a way to lose friends and
alienate people, while playing into the sanctimonious, holier - than - thou stereotype of crunchy moms.
I hesitate to label myself as such because the label itself can be off - putting to the point of unduly
alienating people from what are (if I do
say so myself) some damn fine
parenting practices.
The comments came as the three hopefuls worked to one - up each others» criticism of Bloomberg's record on education, which they
said had
alienated parents and punished kids.
NUT Cymru, responding to the Welsh Government's plan to fine
parents # 120 for their child's absence from school,
said that tackling truancy had to be a priority, but doing so involved making
parents part of the solution, rather than
alienating them from the process.
«The more formal the interactions or things that go home, the more
alienating it can be for the very
parents that you'd like to engage with,» Perkins
says.
PS 199
parent Jason Abramson
said that Carranza's tweet referencing the NY1 video has
alienated some
parents.
«In short, despite the goals of the Child Protective Services Law, the trial judge seems to have done everything in her power to
alienate these
parents from their child, appears to have a fixed idea about this matter and, further, she prohibited evidence to be introduced that might have forced her to change her opinion,» the appeals court
said.
When the child repudiates a
parent because of the favoured
parent's efforts to poison the
parent - child relationship, the child is
said to be
alienated from the rejected
parent.
Johnston, in her article «Therapeutic Work with
Alienated Children and Their Families,»
says that the purpose of such interventions should be to «transform the child's distorted, rigidly held» views of the rejected
parent «into more realistic and measured ones, rooted in the child's actual experience of both
parents.»
Frequently
alienating parents will
say extremely negative things about the other
parent not only in front of the child but to the child as well.
However, in cases of parental alienation, we often get a glimpse of that
alienating parent flash a momentary angry glance at the child, as if to
say, «you had better convince anyone watching that you do not want to go, or else.»
She
says she's seen in extreme cases
parents who embroil their children in the conflict, or
alienate them from the other
parent while demanding loyalty, sharing too many details of the proceedings and speaking negatively about the other
parent and their family.
«It's not intentional and often unconscious, but a social worker may
say, «I agree with your husband [or wife],» and that's going to make the other
parent feel
alienated.
«The
alienating parent connects in an inappropriate way, talking to the children about things that are none of their business,» Berkovitz
said.
«The
alienating parent is believed to have narcissistic / borderline personality disorder, which complicates the situation in terms of how they view the world, and many times they truly believe their children do not need the other
parent in their lives,» she
said.
Local marriage and family therapist Dr. Dahlia Berkovitz
says parents who engage in
alienating behavior often have attachment issues that are triggered by the divorce.
In one Missouri case, the court
said that the facts of a case showed «an attempt by one
parent to
alienate a child from the other
parent is a changed condition and can form the basis for modification.»
There are mistaken ideologically - based views that explicitly confirm that the
Alienated parent is bad, the cause of everything the
Alienating parent and
Alienated child
say he is.
For example, if the
parent tells a child that a lie
said about them by the
alienating parent is untrue, then it appears to the child that the
parent is calling the alienator a liar.
This is not to
say that
alienated parents do not experience ups and downs in the process.
Says Dr. Warshak: «
alienated parents need to learn to have a thick skin.»
It's essentially when one
parent, usually the custodial
parent, does things or
says things to the child or in front of the child which attempts, either consciously or unconsciously, to
alienate the child from the other
parent.
«It's easy for an
alienating parent to hide behind a hybrid designation,» he
says, adding that the label is often attached to cases where the targeted
parent reacts in a maladaptive way to their children's bad behaviour towards them.
Another potential problem could arise in the form of so - called «hybrid cases,» the name given to matters where some of the blame for the state of the
parent - child relationship is placed on the
alienated parent, Ludmer
says.
You need mental health to stand by your side and
say with decisive clarity to the court that the child is being «
alienated» from you by the pathology of the narcissistic / (borderline)
parent, and that the child's healthy development REQUIRES that the child be protectively separated from the pathology of the narcissistic / (borderline)
parent during the period of treatment as we recover and stabilize the child's authenticity.
That being
said, I have such compassion for the
parents who are being
alienated.
In our case the
alienated parent has done this to herself and blame us and is in her own way trying to
alienate the kids from us by
saying we are doing this to her but our kids don't have to be lied to because they remember the truth.
Often, the
parent affected by PAS will
say negative things about the other
parent to the child, with the objective of
alienating the other
parent from the child.
In order to avoid the appearance of badmouthing the
alienating parent, which might backfire, a targeted
parent might also want to consider
saying to the child «I really want to be close with you and help you feel safe and good about yourself.»
Focus on the present and enjoy spending time with the child without
saying anything negative to the child about the
alienating parent.
«Children who are being
alienated from one of their
parents are losing a meaningful relationship and a source of support and that really undermines their well being,» he
says.
The induction of child symptoms is NOT accomplished by the narcissistic / (borderline)
parent overtly «
alienating» the child by
saying derogatory things about the other
parent.
Naive alienators are
parents who are passive about the children's relationship with the other
parent but will occasionally do or
say something to
alienate.
«Time is the enemy of the
alienated parent,»
says Baker, whose book Breaking the Ties that Bind, chronicles the difficult lives of 40 adults who were
alienated as children.
If you back away, they
alienating parent will just
say that you didn't really ever love your child, which is very hard on every child.
And basically, I conclude that some
alienating parents are very conscious and they will
say to the targeted
parent, «It is my life goal to ruin your relationship with our child» or «my child».
You still send the card because the worst thing from the point of view of the people I interviewed, it's the
parent who stopped sending the card and stopped reaching out, and then they're
alienating parent turns around and the kid and
says, «See?
In our book, A Family's Heartbreak: A
Parent's Introduction to Parental Alienation, we
say in the Introduction that if you change all our male references to female references, and vice versa, the
alienating behavior and responses would apply equally to both Moms and Dads.