Are estranged parents really “doing it wrong," or is the culture around estrangement applying impossible standards?

How can an alienated parent reconnect with their child? How can they rebuild the former positive parent-child attachment? The process can look dismally hopeless. Misinformation and mistaken beliefs ...

Clinical psychologist Dr. Samantha Rodman Whiten explains that many adults are told they 'had a good childhood,' yet still ...

The last thing most parents want is to hurt their children. In fact, when most couples divorce, the most agonizing issue they face is how to minimize damage to their children; they want to know how to ...

Estrangement is never simple. Whether the separation was sudden or years in the making, the pain of losing a child—no matter their age—leaves a lasting void. For many parents, the distance is filled ...

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, ...

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 ...