Are you a lawyer, doctor, pastor or friend of someone who is being alienated from their children? It can feel hopeless watching the situation unfold, but there are a few things you can do to help.
Has a friend or client been experiencing these situations with their child and ex-spouse?
If any of these situations are present for someone you know, you may feel like you don't know how to help them. One of the easiest things you can do is encourage them to reach out for help.
source: PASattorney.com
- The child blaming them for the breaking up of the family.
- The child actively spying on them, or eavesdropping on conversations an telling the alienating parent about their behavior.
- The alienating parent interfering with visitation or shared custody. Sometimes this presents as being inflexible to reasonable changes in visitation or scheduling activities during their scheduled time with their child.
- The alienating parent denigrating or speaking badly about them in the child's presence.
- False allegations of abuse being made about them from the alienating parent.
If any of these situations are present for someone you know, you may feel like you don't know how to help them. One of the easiest things you can do is encourage them to reach out for help.
source: PASattorney.com