Parental alienation is an unfortunate outcome of divorce. If at first your divorce is amicable and then suddenly turns sour due to attorney involvement (attorneys can plant the seed of alienation even if it is not happening) or the jungle of emotions that naturally occur with divorce can inadvertently make the children pawns. Sourness can happen, no divorce is immune.
Parental alienation will not happen if both parents are invested in seeing their children persevere through their divorce.
In some situations, one parent can be the extremist and abduct the children or constantly miss visits and taint the children’s ears with lies and/or truths that negatively impact the other parent in the children’s eyes (this occurs on both sides: custodial and non-custodial). This emotional abuse, will lead to the child or children externalizing or internalizing problems. The most bitter and vengeful parent will use anything in their arsenal to punish…
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