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 ...

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

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 ...

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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 ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Barbara Bradley Hagerty, a contributor for The Atlantic, about parental alienation, which can happen when one... Parental Alienation: How Parents Use Their Children ...

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 ...

About one in four people are estranged from a relative, according to a 2019 Pillemer survey, which can make this time of year especially hard. Westend61 / Getty Images/Westend61 There are tons of ...

My parents divorced when I was 21, and that was the start of the end of our relationship. He knew I had remarried but never met my daughters. Losing my dad, even though we weren't speaking, hurt a lot ...