Abused or Brainwashed: Should Children Testify?
To Testify or Not to Testify – that is the question and there is much disagreement among professionals about whether children should take the stand in high conflict divorce situations. On the one hand, we have parental alienation, where one parent brainwashes a child...
Register Now for Parental Alienation Symposium
The National Association of Parental Alienation Specialists is proud to present our all-new Parental Alienation Symposium, "Effective Litigation of Parental Alienation" the premier event for anyone practicing family law or specializing in marriage and family therapy....
Parental Alienation Requires a Very Different Intervention
Generally speaking, across the United States, it is almost universal that Courts will order the “path of least resistance” albeit the least effective intervention when it comes to cases involving Parental Alienation. That is, the usual treatment is to a local...
Parenting Considerations for The Adolescent Child During Divorce
Parenting Considerations During Divorce for The Adolescent or High School-Aged Child (14 to 18 Years) Parenting an older adolescent or high school-aged youth requires a delicate balance. On one hand, the older adolescent is still a child inside an adult body. The...
Parenting Considerations for Middle School-Aged Children During Divorce
Parenting Considerations for The Middle School-Aged Child (11 to 13 Years) in Divorce & Dissolution Cases. The middle school years typically pose a challenge for parents. Seemingly overnight, their relatively eager-to-please child awakens to question every family...
Parenting Considerations for Children Aged 8 to 10 During Divorce
This is the fourth in a series of articles on Parenting Considerations during Divorce and Dissolution cases. Today we will focus on The Older Elementary School-Aged Child (8 to 10 Years). Parenting this age group often means being both a taxi driver and a cheerleader....
Parenting Considerations in The Early Elementary School-Aged Child
This is the third in a series of articles on Parenting Considerations during Divorce and Dissolution cases. Our first article addressed parenting considerations from Birth to 18 Months, while the second article addressed the Toddler-Preschool Aged Child. Despite a...
Parenting Considerations During Divorce: The Toddler-Preschool Aged Child
Parenting a toddler-preschooler is difficult and at times trying. During a stressful family transition, such as separation and divorce, a parent may have less time, energy, and patience to handle an active, exploring toddler or inquisitive preschooler. Unfortunately,...
Parenting Considerations During Divorce from Birth to 18 Months
This is the first in a series of articles on Parenting Considerations during divorce. Over the next few weeks, we will highlight parenting considerations from birth through 18 years of age. Parenting is the source from which a child's sense of self derives. A parent’s...
Misapplication of Parental Alienation – How Can This Happen?
As awareness of Parental Alienation and its effects on children increases, the possibility that it can be used improperly also increases. There appears to be a growing phenomenon of improperly accusing, let us say, Parent A of being an Alienating Parent by the actual...
How Does Alienation Happen?
Sometimes a parent is so committed to hurting the other parent and knowing how to hurt them, they attempt to take the children away, prevent him or her from having any time with their children, and communicate to the children how awful the other parent is. Sometimes a...
Why is it Important to Identify Parental Alienation Early On in a Divorce Case? Part Two
As we have written elsewhere, Parental Alienation (PA) cases are different in that the surface appearance is very different than the underlying reality. This “things are not as they seem” reality is however not always easy to reveal persuasively to the trier of fact....
Why is it Important to Identify Parental Alienation Early On in a Divorce Case? Part One
When divorces begin, there is often considerable animosity between the divorcing parties. They may all look much alike. However, in cases where Parental Alienation (PA) is present, a very different dynamic is operating that may be difficult to identify at first...
Abused or Brainwashed: Should Children Testify?
To Testify or Not to Testify – that is the question and there is much disagreement among professionals about whether children should take the stand in high conflict divorce situations. On the one hand, we have parental alienation, where one parent brainwashes a child...
Register Now for Parental Alienation Symposium
The National Association of Parental Alienation Specialists is proud to present our all-new Parental Alienation Symposium, "Effective Litigation of Parental Alienation" the premier event for anyone practicing family law or specializing in marriage and family therapy....
Parental Alienation Requires a Very Different Intervention
Generally speaking, across the United States, it is almost universal that Courts will order the “path of least resistance” albeit the least effective intervention when it comes to cases involving Parental Alienation. That is, the usual treatment is to a local...
Parenting Considerations for The Adolescent Child During Divorce
Parenting Considerations During Divorce for The Adolescent or High School-Aged Child (14 to 18 Years) Parenting an older adolescent or high school-aged youth requires a delicate balance. On one hand, the older adolescent is still a child inside an adult body. The...
Parenting Considerations for Middle School-Aged Children During Divorce
Parenting Considerations for The Middle School-Aged Child (11 to 13 Years) in Divorce & Dissolution Cases. The middle school years typically pose a challenge for parents. Seemingly overnight, their relatively eager-to-please child awakens to question every family...
Parenting Considerations for Children Aged 8 to 10 During Divorce
This is the fourth in a series of articles on Parenting Considerations during Divorce and Dissolution cases. Today we will focus on The Older Elementary School-Aged Child (8 to 10 Years). Parenting this age group often means being both a taxi driver and a cheerleader....