Parental alienation is when a child strongly aligns with one parent (the alienating parent) and rejects the other parent (the target parent) for unwarranted reasons. In practice, the alienating parent ...

Have you somehow become estranged from one of your children? Here's how to best handle having an estranged child.

Laura Wellington created the Doormat Mom No More community after her daughter cut off contact. Now she talks to PEOPLE about how the community helps other people dealing with estrangement from their ...

This next story is about what can happen when one parent in a family is so angry at the other that they deploy the kids as weapons. It's a phenomenon known as parental alienation. It is common, more ...

Parental alienation has become the nuclear weapon of custody battles. Accuse your ex of alienating your children, and you might win full custody. Get caught actually alienating, and you could lose ...

Prevention of the disintegration of families is such an important goal that judges, traditionally cautious, practical, and careful, can be enlisted to actively try to reverse the effects of a family's ...

Parental alienation is a situation where one parent systematically turns a child against the other parent. This can have devastating consequences for the child's emotional well-being, relationships, ...

CONCORD, N.H. — Divorced parents and step-parents recounted personal horror stories Tuesday during testimony on a Republican-sponsored bill that makes “parental alienation” as important as child abuse ...

A systematic review explored the types of alienation children and adolescents with cancer experience during their cancer journey.

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, ...