Because alienating parents are socially maladaptive and have no moral conscience, they are called «sociopaths.»
I am reminded of a study by Dr. Baker «Even when targeted parents had the resources to pursue legal action and were fortunate enough to prevail they were not able to take advantage of the rights afforded to them by the courts
because alienating parents did not respect the court orders, the attorneys were not interested in or able to force the alienating parent into compliance.
The need for such defenses arises
because alienating parents have little or no tolerance for internal conflict or even normal ambivalence.
«These cases should be fast - tracked
because alienating parents exploit the ability for the courts to delay things to their benefit.
Because alienating parents can lie and suffer no consequences.
As just one example, a finding from Dr. Amy Baker: «Even when targeted parents had the resources to pursue legal action and were fortunate enough to prevail -LSB-...] they were not able to take advantage of the rights afforded to them by the courts
because alienating parents did not respect the court orders, the attorneys were not interested in or able to force the alienating parent into compliance.
Recognizing the mild form of alienating behavior is tricky because the behavior itself is often subtle and
because the alienating parent will deny both motivation and acts and often will make sincere statements to her attorneys and the court that reflect a regard for the children's needs for the other parent and a respect for the unique role the other parent has to play in the life and development of the child.
Not exact matches
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.
First of all, that isn't referenced as to source, and even though I may agree anecdotally, I can't risk
alienating the
parents of the academically compatible children (as a
parent of of a HG and PG kiddos)
because they are just as frustrated as I am with their child needs getting met as well, and volunteer and advocate with me.
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.
Because the majority of primary carers happen to be mothers they feature in more cases as the
alienating than the
alienated parent.
What would be more draconian, infect the child or keep the
parent away from the child
because they refused to change their
alienating ways?
Soon the child forgets how to protect him or herself, and must align with the
alienating parent as if life depends on it —
because it does.
The
alienating parent will «preach» that they have to be ever vigilant to watch out for the other
parent because of their angry episodes and outbursts.
While conflicts over timesharing does occur in many cases where a
parent can't deliver a child to the other
parent for valid reasons more often than not is rather rare
because most true
alienating parents are savvier than this....
Children of alienators are often unaware of what is happening and naturally side with the
alienating parent because of what they have been told or led to believe.
Most divorcing
parents tend to
alienate somewhat at a low level due to the high emotions involved in a divorce or custody dispute and
because of the natural conflict that arises when two
parents are separating.
Courts also often side with the
alienating parent against the target
parent in legal judgements
because parental alienation is so difficult to detect.
How
alienated parents cope can then be used against them by the other
parents (e.g., «your mom / dad doesn't care about you
because they did not come to your school concert»).
On the other hand, if you are filing for sole custody
because you plan to
alienate your child from her other
parent and the court picks up on this, it will likely see your actions as an abuse of the custody process and not award you sole custody.
Because the statements of the
alienating parent will not give the lawyers or the courts clues that there is alienation in process, it is important to look at the underlying messages that are given directly to the child.
Which you imagine to be so
because, ipso facto, it must be there
because there are these symptoms which we can identify
because there is a campaign of programming by an
alienating parent and that's how we differentiate them from otherwise explainable behavior... and we know there's a campaign by an
alienating parent because there are these symptoms there... Gee... not exactly comparable to testing for the presence of the pneumococci bacteria, or a defective chromosome.
These cases are very challenging... in part
because there are kids being harmed by the alienation and by the pathology directed at them on a daily basis by the
alienating parent.
When you do this, you give the
alienating parent the «upper hand,»
because he or she has provoked you to become the hateful person who they are portraying you to be to the children.
I have generally seen this pattern with males as the
alienating parent (perhaps
because of the higher prevalence for males to display narcissistic and antisocial personality traits), with mothers then being the recipient of the child's (teenager's) excessive violence and threats (as a vehicle in expressing the father's narcissistic and antisocial violence toward the mother).
To all the
parents that have been denegated and
alienated keep loving
because the damage down to our children is worth fighting to change.
This enables the therapeutic work to be undertaken swiftly
because it limits the risk of triangulation in which the
alienating parent utilises the doubts and lack of understanding in professionals to continue the children's ability to reject.
Similarly, the PA / PAS distinction is largely a matter of degree,
because the intent is always the same, whether the
alienating parent tries to push the children away from the targeted
parents or pull them in the other direction.
Certainly too, it is impossible to co-
parent with the other
parent because in these situations, the
alienating parent refuses to work amicably.
The
alienating parent will often NOT encourage their children to become better than they themselves are — perhaps
because they do not care about the child at all.
Aggressive motions to modify visitation or custody, along with motions to enforce the current orders, should also be part of a post-proceeding strategy,
because if nothing else, such filings draws attention to the issue and may help convince the
alienating parents to change their approaches.
I just recently read «The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce — the 25 year landmark study» the damage being done to our children
because of divorce in general is overwhelming and she doesn't even deal with children that are
alienated from a
parent.
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.
She argues that this is important
because it implies the presence of a personality disorder in the
alienating parent.
Parents that
alienate refuse to follow court orders and
parenting plans — they get away with it
because they can.
(4) I am glad you pointed out what all
alienated parents complain of» I pleaded to the Judge to hold my ex-husband accountable for denying my Thanksgiving visitation
because if he did not go by his word and put my ex-husband in jail, than it will prove to my ex-husband that he could do whatever he wants, whenever he wants, not obey / abide by the new court order becauase the Judge isn't going to repremand him.»
Therefore,
alienating parents often intentionally schedule children's activities on the other
parent's weekend (e.g., «Susie can not come see you this weekend
because she has a Girl Scout event»).
You have to grieve
because it is very RARE that these
alienated beings reconcile with the
alienated parent.
The family court in Shawnee county, KS has some serious issues with reacting impulsively and approving sole custody by default
because the other
parent was not there... knowing they aren't dead, realizing that 2 notices were sent and returned with «not at this address» so
parent was probably only absent
because they never received word of this very important, life altering hearing - not
because they felt they were above the law as indicated via court records then to seal the final decision, the judge shouldve reviewed any past files taking note of any past complaints / concerns to the court regarding
alienating parent doing just that and automatically recommend a continuation and make clear that court was not to move forward until they get a hold of the absent
parent and allow them their right to be there...
because that would've been 100 % in the best interest of the child.
Children may become
alienated from a
parent because of physical abuse, with or without sexual abuse.
Gardner (2002) pointed out, «when true parental abuse and / or neglect is present the child's animosity may be justified, and so the parental alienation syndrome diagnosis is not applicable» Johnston (2001) is right that it is «critical to differentiate the
alienated child (who persistently refuses and rejects visitation
because of unreasonable negative views and feelings) from other children who also resist contact with a
parent after separation.
Because children are suggestible, many will eventually succumb to the relentless programming or «brainwashing» by an
alienating parent toward a target
parent.
What about «us» the
parent that is
alienated because the adult child is married to someone that wants you out of his life.
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?