Experts say that parental estrangement rarely happens because of one big blow-out fight; instead, it's the result of small, ...

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 ...

Frequently I will get an e-mail or call from a targeted parent asking me which of my books and writings do I think they should share with their alienated child, as a means of enlightening that child ...

The "out of nowhere" story always misses one thing: most of them try. They try in earnest, the grown-up way, before they ever ...

One evening last year, Laura Wellington opened her phone, created a TikTok account called “Doormat Mom” and filmed her first post from her porch in Connecticut. “Were you a really good parent who did ...

Estrangement, and especially the estrangement of adult children from their parents, has been a big topic in the past few months. Oprah Winfrey invited a panel of therapists to talk about the “rising ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "There's such an embarrassment that comes from being estranged from your child. It's because everybody always says that if you're ...

Alan Feigenbaum and Deepti Shenoy present a Q&A with retired matrimonial Judge Richard Dollinger where they examine parental alienation in custody disputes and highlight the challenges courts face in ...

Laura Wellington didn't know how much her life would change in her 30s. In 1998, the mother of four learned that her husband had cancer, and a few years after his diagnosis, he died. Wellington, 59, ...