Parental alienation is child abuse

Parental Alienation is Emotional Child Abuse!

Mothers are generally quite nurturing, and the easiest way to melt their heart is through a child. Even the most jaded of mothers will smile when a child does something cute. A mother’s instinct is to care for, love, and protect children– even a child they don’t even know. However, there is a type of mother who is capable of displaying actual contempt and hatred towards a child (even one they claim they love). All children act out at times, some worse than others, but a normal mother is able to separate the behavior of the child from the child’s core. So a rambunctious, difficult 8-year-old boy, for example, is viewed by most mothers as being a typical boy, but his core is never, ever attacked. Nor is he maligned, denigrated, or otherwise put down. But mothers with a cold core conflate the annoying, frustrating, and perplexing actions of a child with the child’s worthiness as a human being. And mothers who are with a man who has a child from another woman will often take out any jealousy or contempt they have for that woman onto the child. Rather than viewing the child as an extension of the new man she’s with, it’s a constant reminder of the woman he was with before her. This is extremely common, but rarely talked about. An emotionally healthy mother will go out of her way to make children– all children– feel accepted in her world. She’ll even sometimes neglect her own kids’ needs to meet the needs of the new child of the family. If this is not happening, and she plays favorites with her children over her man’s from a previous relationship or marriage, that’s a serious problem. These mothers have rotten cores, and the damage they can do to a man’s children is not something to take lightly. To reject a child is to abuse a child.  Mothers who are capable of having contempt for children on any level are also capable of other forms of abuse. In order to hold hard feelings towards a child, a mother is missing part of her conscience. And if that moral compass is impaired, they are capable of doing anything. Bottom line: this is the type of mother who can look at a child in pain and feel………….. nothing. So why do some mothers have this cruel resentment towards our little ones? It’s simple. It’s a outward display of a mother’s own insecurities, which are based on the child’s birth mother (her man’s ex-wife or ex-girlfriend), and the relationship he had with her. And the easiest target for her to take out her hostility is his child. The thing that’s so sick about this is that a man didn’t even need to have had a good relationship with the ex. It’s the fact that he had one at all! Don’t underestimate how powerful of a driver jealousy can be in a mother’s life. While most mothers can put aside their unhealthy, negative thoughts and deal appropriately and lovingly with their  man’s children, there’s a good amount of mothers out there who can’t.   Top actions of an Alienating Parent Doesn’t inform you of upcoming school activities (especially unexpected ones) Expresses no enthusiasm for fun events you’re doing with the child (vacations, amusement parks, etc) Limits child’s cellphone usage, so you’ll rarely get a call or text Limits child’s email usage Refers to you by your first name in their home (Dad becomes “David;” Mom becomes “Julie”) Accomplishes a post-visitation shakedown, extracting as much info as possible to find negatives Hands the phone directly to the child when you call, avoiding even civil conversation with you Pops anti-depressant pills (as many have a history of depression) Able to hold resentment towards young, innocent children (ie. your children from another marriage) Never calls you when the child is sick or taken out of school for a day or more Teaches the child adult things to tell you, such as “I don’t feel comfortable about the duration of our summer visitation, Dad” Teaches the child how to despise or hate another human being (that being you, of course) Labels themselves the “good” parent; label you the “bad” parent Tells the child false stories about their childhood Tells the child how he or she was victimized by you and your actions (while taking no blame at all for the divorce) Teaches the child how to lie to you (coating their little hearts with false malice and scorn) Diminishes your extended family’s worth Says to you words like, “I always encourage her to see you;” “I’ve never told him you’re a jerk” while actually doing the precise opposite Neglects to have the child call you for your birthday, on New Year’s Eve, or other important dates Refuses to help the child reach and call/email/mail cards on relatives’ birthdays on your side of the family tree Uses a cellphone as a leash while the child is with you Rarely a call on Father’s Day or Mother’s Day, and even more rare a card Never gets the child excited about seeing you Reminds the child of all that he or she will be missing while with you and away from them Inflicts his or her unhappiness onto the child (as alienators are deeply unhappy people) Attempts via a lawyer to reduce visitation to that even below family court minimum standards Takes the child out of state without a peep, while demands precise details whenever you travel with them Monopolizes the child’s time for hours on the phone (if you let them) Views any event in the child’s life– a distant Aunt’s birthday, a friend’s birthday, etc– as more important than their time with you Teaches the children from their current marriage to despise you Is jealous of anything fun and memorable you do with the child (as they view the good times as a threat) Gripes about things you’re doing as a parent to the child, but says nothing to you about it Has outbursts around the child (extremely emotional and dramatic ones) Lacks a filter; spilling any adult topic into the child’s head Posted on March 12, 2013 by John in Brainwashing, Exposing the methods   Teaching a child to hate   Posted on September 15, 2012 by John in Brainwashing, Exposing the methods A child in the midst of a brainwashing campaign is learning more than just to despise and think negatively of a parent. He or she is being taught how to hate in general. If a child is taught to hate or have contempt for his or her own parent, they will start paying attention to the negative aspects rather than the positive. The child won’t notice the good traits or actions of the other parent, but focusses instead on anything that can be framed in a bad light. This is fueled and encouraged by the alienating parent because they do not want to hear the child talk about anything positive about the ex. Teaching a child to hate is also teaching them how to be a negative person in general. And this takes years of therapy to eventually overcome, if it can be overcome at all. If a child is taught to despise a parent over perceived personality or parenting “flaws” due to a hostile ex’s brainwashing, this outward hostility doesn’t just stop there. It also moves towards other people the brainwashing parent can’t stand (due mostly to jealousy or fear). The best example is the targeted parent’s extended family. Not only is the targeted parent badmouthed and maligned, but in most cases so are his or her relatives (and thus the child’s, too). Enlisted in the demonization of the ex and the ex’s family also are any other children the brainwasher might have from another marriage or relationship. The lies never get hoisted only onto the ex’s child or children, they get spread like a manure spreader to every other member of the family tree. But it doesn’t stop there. Since most brainwashing parents are very insecure people, they dish out their feelings of disgust towards a lot of people in their lives. And who picks up on these feelings? The child who has to listen to it (the only children who can rise above the badmouthing are teenagers who who are harder to convince, especially over people they have known their entire life). Over many months and years, a child can’t help but share the brainwashing parent’s beliefs and contempt. It’s hatred that’s been taught to the child, and instilled in their very core (and this isn’t severe child abuse?). You can think of this indoctrination as a hate bootcamp. What happens next, over time, is these children see other people– not just the parent they’ve been taught is bad– through the abusive parent’s eyes. Labels are quickly thrown on people, and if the parent is a narcissist (view this post on narcissistic parents), watch out. Their kids will also absorb many of their toxic traits. Don’t underestimate how closely our actions as parents are watched, and eventually mimicked, by our kids. If you tend to yell, they yell. If you beat them with a belt, they’ll lash out physically at others as well. If you lie a lot, don’t expect them to be amazing little truth tellers. So it doesn’t take much effort for a parent who’s hating an ex-wife or ex-husband to get his or her young child to join in fully on the hatred bandwagon. Kids develop into adults through a combination of their own inherent nature (DNA) and nurture (parenting), but when they’ve been marinating in false feelings of hatred for a decade or more, it’s extremely difficult to reverse even for an experienced therapist. The damage to their psyche is tremendous, and the perpetrators of this abuse are committing an evil act. Teaching a kid to hate is child abuse, and the only remedy for these young and innocent victims is to remove them from that abusive home. Unfortunately, this is a major uphill battle to undertake, as family courts, CPS, and child therapists today simply don’t understand this form of abuse.   Mental child abuse is the most common form of child abuse in America, and the most difficult to stop” – BrainwashingChildren.com