A family safety campaigner has described the impact of parental alienating behaviours as a mental health "endemic". Parental alienating behaviour is a term used to describe a parent who shows negative ...

The problem with parental alienation in the courts stems from its lack of formal recognition as a "scientifically reliable" theory, a controversy that has contributed to scant case law on the topic.

Parental alienation occurs when one parent turns a child against the other parent. The alienation process generally begins with the alienator gradually instilling in the child negative views of the ...

A distraught divorced mother reports that when her formerly loving daughter returns from vacations at her father's house, the child treats her with disrespect and hostility. A divorced father of a ...