What children of divorce want most and need most is to maintain strong and healthy relationships with both of their parents. Children have an innate desire to love, and be loved, by their mother and ...

During conflict within families, children often side with one parent. When does that behavior turn into more harmful parental alienation? Medically reviewed by Dr. Ann-Louise T Lockhart, PsyD, ...

I used to think of myself as easy. Not in any reductive sense, but in the way women are so often quietly encouraged to be: easy to be around, easy to talk to, easy to rely on. I was the one who ...

Parental alienation describes a process in high-conflict separations whereby one caregiver systematically undermines a child’s relationship with the other parent. Manifesting through denigration, ...

L-R: Elisa Reiter, Daniel Pollack, and Jeffrey Siegel. Courtesy photos Few topics in family law generate more heated debate than parental alienation (PA). For decades, mental health and legal ...

Alienation in educational contexts refers to students’ growing estrangement from the core elements of schooling, encompassing detachment from learning activities, diminished rapport with teachers, and ...