Sentences with phrase «such alienating parents»

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.
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