Hear the 17 Tactics identified through research that alienating parents use to manipulate children.
- Denigrading the other parent to the child to create the impression the other parent is unsafe, unloving & unavailable
- Limiting the child's contact w the other parent such that the parent & child cannot share meaningfully in each other's lives
- Interfering w the child's communication w the other parent such that the parent & child cannot emotionally connect during periods of separation
- Making it difficult for the child to think about, talk about & look at photos of the other parent & thereby attenuating the attachment between them
- Withholding love & affection when the child exhibits interest & affection towards the other parent
- Allowing the child to choose to spend time w the other parent & then creating the impression that time w the other parent is optional & undesirable
- Forcing the child to reject the other parent
- Telling the child that the other parent does not love him/her
- Creating the impression that the other parent is dangerous
- Confiding in the child about personal & legal matters in order to induce the child to be hurt & angry at the other parent
- Asking the child to spy on the other parent
- Asking the child to keep secrets from the other parent
- Referring to the other parent by first name rather than 'mom' or 'dad'
- Referring to a new significant other as 'mom' or 'dad'
- Changing the child's name to remove the association with the other parent
- Withholding information from the other parent
- Undermining the other parent's authority
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