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Recognising and Preventing Trauma-Coerced Attachments and Alienation
Recognising and Preventing Trauma-Coerced Attachments and Alienation
Sometimes family issues, whether your parents are together or separated, can make you feel like you have to choose sides. If you're confused, uncomfortable, or feeling pressure to act a certain way, you're not alone. Click here to find supportive tips and critically think about what's really going on.
When children begin to reject a safe parent or family member without a clear reason, something deeper may be happening. Learn how trauma-coerced attachment and alienating behaviours operate, often subtly, and how to recognise the signs early.
When a child is gradually turned against a safe parent, it often isn’t due to a single event, it’s the result of repeated, coercive tactics that distort perception and erode emotional bonds. These behaviours can include denigration, loyalty demands, information control, emotional manipulation, and interference with time and communication.
When a child is gradually turned against a safe parent, it often isn’t due to a single event, it’s the result of repeated, coercive tactics that distort perception and erode emotional bonds. These behaviours can include denigration, loyalty demands, information control, emotional manipulation, and interference with time and communication. Understanding these tactics is the first step in protecting the child’s right to safe, loving relationships.
Demand legislative action! Parental alienating behaviours must be officially recognised in Australia, aligning with global standards. We call for robust legislation that not only acknowledges its presence but unequivocally prohibits it. Act now for change!
Dr. Richard A. Warshak (Author of Divorce Poison)
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Parental Alienating Behaviours
are Child Abuse & Family Violence.
This serious form of abuse and family violence can no longer be ignored. Parental alienating behaviours must be acknowledged in Australia as it is in other parts of the world. We need legislation that not only acknowledges its existence but firmly and clearly legislates against it.