The face of domestic abuse is changing. It is evolving, growing wider, and more sophisticated to include behaviours that can cause extraordinary pain to a person, without lifting a finger against them. Parental alienation is one of those things. Underesearched, divisive, and often misunderstood, it is an emerging field of study that tells the heartbreaking story of a parent who deliberately and maliciously turns a child against the other parent. It can come through repeated denigration, through spreading lies, through blocking access, sending hostile messages, breaking court orders, or many, many other forms. And it is real. There are few things more devastating than losing a child; and having one actively and wrongly turned against you, is a pain that is simply indescribable. So what is parental alienation? Who’s doing it? How? What are the impacts? What can we make of the little research that has been done, into the problem that very few people are willing to discuss? What do you think? ~ [1] [2] [3] [4] Images by Gradienta, Kiwi Hug, Tarikul Raana, Daiga Ellabty and Caleb Wood from Unsplash. #parentalalienation #parentalalienationawareness #childabuse #fathersrights #parenting #domesticabuse

2023-03-26