Psychology / Parental alienation / motives

Parental Alienation
This is where one parent (usually the resident parent) convinces the child that the other parent is bad/does_not_want_see_the_child/violent/... The motive for this is to make the child not want to see the other parent. See also Parental Alienation


 * Here are some flyers:
 * Dr. Lowenstein's web sites: ,
 * Interview with Dr. Lowenstein (mp3 stream):
 * Brazilian parental alienation awareness website
 * Surrey County Council publish Supporting your teenager - signposts for parents 08456 009009
 * Even alienated children want their fathers to fight
 * The PA Directory, Dr. Douglas Darnall:
 * False Domestic Violence Accusations Can Lead To Parental Alienation Syndrome - David Heleniak (a civil litigation attorney in New Jersey and Senior Legal Analyst for the True Equality Network.), October 18, 2007
 * "...Time heals all wounds, except alienation..." Expanding the Parameters of Parental Alienation Syndrome, Glenn F. Cartwright, Department of Educational Psychology and Counselling, McGill University, Montreal
 * Judge: vengeful mothers make mockery of law. The Times article
 * Article challenges anti-PAS theory and summarises where the APA's thinking is in relation to PAS . Next America Psychiatry Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders review will not be published (DSM V) before May 2012 at the earliest now.
 * "Separation and Divorce - Helping parents to help children" Resolution. A very helpful guide written by Christina McGhee - an internationally acclaimed divorce coach and parent educator based in the US who was involved in the 2006 UK TV Channel 4 series called "How to Divorce Without Screwing up Your Kids". Info, Booklet.
 * "Is It Alienating Parenting, Role Reversal or Child Abuse? A Study of children’s Rejection of a Parent in Child Custody Disputes"
 * Amy J.L. Baker, Ph.D.: “Beyond the high road: Responding to 17 parental alienation strategies without compromising your morals or harming your child.”

Some Psychology

 * A Critical Assessment of Child Custody Evaluations
 * CHILDREN’S VOICES: LISTENING–AND DECIDING–IS AN ADULT RESPONSIBILITY, Emery, 2003
 * Brighouse "How should children be heard?
 * Judy Dunn, 2004 - "Children’s Behaviour Is Linked To Contact With Real Father"
 * Custody and Couvade: The Importance of Paternal Bonding In the Law of Family Relations, Geoffrey P. Miller, 1999
 * THE USE OF CHILDREN IN THE SEPARATION PROCESS: PARENTAL ALIENATION SYNDROME. ARTICLE FOR THE MAGAZINE LEX NOVA, OCT-DEC 2005 - José Manuel Aguilar Cuenca. Psychologist
 * Children Learn what they live
 * Family Justice Council funded research Evaluating Expert Witness Psychological Reports: Exploring Quality

Book Reviews

 * Legal and Emotional Purgatory By Bonnie Maslin (12/10/2008) In Alec Baldwin’s cautionary tale about divorce, children, and the law, the actor-turned-author describes his seven years in legal purgatory.