Rock Thomas is captivating in this video and delivers such a powerful message…“The words that follow ‘I am’ follow you.”  Is how you define yourself hindering you from reuniting with your kids? “Parental alienation” is nothing short of a horrific form of domestic abuse.  It’s often subtle (at least to start), and it weaves its insidious tendrils throughout a family …

I spend a fair bit of time online trying to help alienated parents prevent and undo “parental alienation”.  In my travels, I have seen a variety of responses to this question.  The one that saddens me most is those who take a very harsh line and suggest giving up on trying to reconnect…”they’re adults responsible for their own lives now, …

For decades, the experts have debated the existence of “parental alienation”, originally defined by Dr. Richard Gardner as a “mental condition in which a child (usually one whose parents are engaged in a high-conflict divorce) allies himself or herself strongly with one parent and rejects a relationship with the other parent without legitimate justification”. Does this happen? YES! …it is …