Parental Alienation Research Paper

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Parental Alienation: Understanding its Causes and Effects With the increase of divorce and the number of children being born out of wedlock, parental alienation continues to grow. With custody laws changing, allowing for equal opportunities for both parents to raise their children, and fathers beginning to fight for their right to be involved, not just every other weekend fathers, custody battles have become increasingly fierce. Another factor contributing to this is the fact that many courts consider who will be more willing to encourage the child to have a heathly and continuing relationship with the other parent. We must first understand the difference between parental alienation and parental alienation syndrome. Parental alienation …show more content…

Parental alienation varies in severity: naïve, active, and obsessed. When we know the severity of the alienating behavior we have determine the best way to stop it and prevent parental alienation syndrome.
Naïve alienators do not actively try to destroy the relationship between the child and other parent. Most parents will be naïve alienators, occasionally saying or doing something reflective of alienation. This may be as small as arguing with the other parent, even over the phone, in the presence of the child. Many times the child will know who you are talking to.
The active alienator knows that this behavior is wrong and not beneficial to the child. However, these parents have festering anger, regret, jealousy, and other feelings that make them prone to act out and lose control. They are more likely, when they lose control, to make degrading comments about the other parent in front of the …show more content…

There are many signs of parental alienation. Some are more common than others.
• Supporting a child’s refusal to visit the other parent without rational reason.
• Informing the child about the details of a custody or divorce case.
• Refusing to provide the other parent with access to medical and school records or appointments and activities.
• Blaming the other parent for problems especially in the presence of the child.
• Refusing to allow the child control over taking their personal belongings to the other parents home.
• No flexibility in the visitation schedule.
• False allegations of child or drug abuse.
• Asking the child to choose one parent over the other.
• Giving the child reasons to feel angry toward the other parent.
• Intent to use the child as a witness against the other parent
• Asking the child for information to use against the other

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