Such alienating parents exhibit a serious parenting deficit, a deficit that should be given serious consideration by courts when deciding primary custodial status.
As
such alienating parents see no wrong in destroying a previously loving relationship between their child (ren) and the targeted parent.
Such an alienating parent is bringing about a disruption of a psychological bond that could, in the vast majority of cases, prove of great value to the child — the separated and divorced status of the parents notwithstanding.
Not exact matches
Hostile Aggressive
Parenting is exhibited in
such a situation where one
parent hopes to
alienate children from the other
parent for a variety of reasons.
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.
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.»
While changing a child's custody to the rejected
parent and discontinuing contact between the child and the
alienating parent sounds drastic (meaning acting with force, likely to have far reaching effects), keep in mind
such recommendations are intended to end child abuse.
The resulting high burden placed on the noncustodial
parent to prevent the move - away has made
such cases the perfect battleground for some custodial
parents to
alienate the noncustodial
parent from his / her children.
The
alienating parent most likely also has a personality disorder
such as narcissism and / or borderline personality disorder.
For example, in a survey of
parents who are targets of alienation, Baker and Darnell4 found that targeted
parents reported that alienators interfered with
parenting time (e.g., scheduled appointments or frequently called during the other
parent's
parenting time), interfered with contact with the children (e.g., intercepted phone messages or email), interfered with symbolic contact like gift giving (e.g., threw away gifts or sent them back), did not inform them about important information (e.g., school activities, doctor appointments), threatened to take children away from the them, and formed unhealthy alliances with the children
such as having had their children spy and report back information to the
alienating parent, or sending cell phones with children to call the
alienating parent from the target
parent's home.
Although
such statements are sincerely meant, the
alienating parent's view of the other
parent is compromised at this stage, as indicated by her behavior.
«Parental alienation is evidenced by the
alienating behaviors of a person,
such as a
parent or family members, or as a result of the judicial system restricting the relationship between a child and a loving
parent,» author Steven Calhoun wrote.
As described under CAPRD, «parental
alienating behaviors» are included
such as badmouthing a
parent to a child or brainwashing them to believe about the «horrible and untrue» things about the other
parent.
In cases of severe irrational alienation
such as this one, all the experts recommend the child be removed from the care of the
alienating parent.
Such personality disorders may also make the
alienating parent more likely to be jealous of the other
parent's adjustment to the breakup and cause the
alienating parent to have extreme rage toward the other
parent.
In cases
such as this, the child needs to be removed from the
alienating parent until the
parent can have some sense of guidelines (which often does not occur) on how to superficially
parent, as connection is not an option.
If there are reports of child abuse as the cause of the child's
alienated behavior, the judge may make a protective order restraining contact with the «rejected»
parent,
such as a temporary order for supervised visitation.
An
alienating parent may have a personality disorder,
such as narcissism or a borderline personality, which makes him or her unable to empathize with the child's feelings or see the way their behavior is harming the child.
«This case signals the need for earlier and effective intervention in cases
such as this one, with truly egregious examples of one recalcitrant
parent frustrating visitation and
alienating children against the other
parent.»
This opinion utilizes the court's factual conclusion that the plaintiff's activity as a
parent [italics in original]
alienated the defendant, and this court makes no decision concerning the validity of
such a syndrome.»
In severe cases there is a high probability that the
alienating parent has serious psychological problems
such as dramatic, erratic unstable disorders including borderline narcissistic or sociopathic personality.
When courts are reluctant to impose
such sanctions, it is all too common that
alienating parents have interfered with visitation with the other
parent and flaunt court orders with impunity.
Either Maggie's an
alienating parent (they have a hard time recognizing themselves as
such) or she's the adult outcome of parental alienation, which is horrifying.
Such an attitude from the
alienating parent is likely to influence a child who may also appear to have some element of rigid thinking, as is the case with my eldest son.
However all the available evidence informs us that
such rigid views from the
alienating parent, projection of blame and an insistence that a child is making their own decisions are all signs that a child is trapped in a conflict of loyalty to the
alienating parent.
However
such is the nature of parental alienation, that these «friends» have already been influenced by the
alienating parent who has already portrayed them self as the «victim» and has in turn portrayed the targeted
parent as the «villain».
When
such a pattern develops the
parent doing the
alienating, over time, may end up contributing to the severing of the relationship between the child and the other
parent.»
That being said, I have
such compassion for the
parents who are being
alienated.
Where the targeted
parent has not contributed to their position of alienation, all evidence suggests that a child emerges immediately from their position of alienation, particularly when there has been respite from the coercive behaviours of the
alienating parent,
such as a change of residence (Woodall, 2015).
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.
You might be an
alienated parent if your child removes household items
such as DVDs, electronics, etc..
An
alienated parent's love for their children is the ultimate motivation to carry on in the face of
such adversity.
Instead, PAS is achieved through various strategies
such as bad - mouthing, limiting contact, belittling, and withdrawing love, the
alienating parent creates the impression that the targeted
parent is dangerous, unloving, or unworthy, thus compelling the child to reject that
parent (Baker, 2007a; Baker & Darnall, 2006).
The term PAS does not applywhen children of divorce become
alienated from a
parent for reasons
such as a
parent's lack of interest in or rejection of the child; significant deficits in a rejected
parent's functioning which may not rise to the level of abuse; or the child being subjected to bona fide parental abuse or neglect.
In no doubt, your teen might manifest
alienated behaviors
such as, in your face defiance, destroying property, or running up your water bill just for fun; there is nothing like an outsider thinking you are an okay
parent.
Even respectfully disregarding the suicide rates,
such alienation all too often leads to the
alienated parent giving up the fight for contact with their children (Lowenstein, 2007).
In my case it is the alleged
alienated parent who has made comments to the children
such as you are a bad seed and going to jail, curse at the children, has had incidents with the children which were reported to Social Services by their therapists.
When one looks at the checklists of what a parental alienator allegedly does, it is the
alienated parent in my case who does the things
such as bad mouth me, tell inappropriate things to the children, is verbally abusive to me, etc?
In
such cases he recommended awarding primary custody to the rejected
parent and restricting contact between the
alienating parent and child.
One confusing aspect of the dynamics of
parent alienation cases is that the
alienated parent sometimes has more obvious symptoms of psychological distress,
such as depression or anxiety, than the
alienating parent.
The need for
such defenses arises because
alienating parents have little or no tolerance for internal conflict or even normal ambivalence.
One clue that a scenario is borrowed from an
alienating parent is the child's use of language and ideas that he or she does not seem to understand,
such as making accusations that can not be supported with detail or using words that can not be defined.
Alienating parents know they can get away with
such behaviors as consequences are lacking.
Through various strategies
such as bad - mouthing, limiting contact, belittling, and withdrawing love, the
alienating parent creates the impression that the targeted
parent is dangerous, unloving, or unworthy, thus compelling the child to reject that
parent (Baker, 2007a; Baker & Darnall, 2006).
Alienated kids that simply do not like to spend all their time with the other
parent,
such as adolescents, probably have a
parent that might benefit from psycho - education and
parenting classes.