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EMMM now uses more specific, behaviour based terminology to describe coercive and controlling behaviours that can affect children and their family relationships. Explore the topics below to find the information most relevant to your situation.
parental alienation, parental alienating behaviours, alienating behaviours, parental alienation tactics, parental alienation signs, parental alienation Australia, child coercive control, coercive control of children, coercive and controlling behaviours, coercive family dynamics, post-separation coercive control, post-separation family violence, survival-based rejection, coerced attachment, coerced alignment, attachment deactivation, child rejection of a parent, child rejecting a parent, child refusing contact with a parent, parent-child relationship breakdown, parent-child relationship disruption, relational coercion, relational pressure, loyalty pressure, loyalty conflict, pressure to choose between parents, denigration of a parent, undermining a parent-child relationship, interference with parent-child relationships, interference with contact, obstruction of contact, gatekeeping, emotional manipulation of children, psychological manipulation of children, manipulation of a child against a parent, negative messaging about a parent, narrative shaping, adultification, parentification, infantilisation, learned helplessness, psychological abuse of children, emotional abuse of children, child psychological abuse, coercive control and children, children used in coercive control, children caught between parents, children caught in family conflict, family relationship disruption, attachment disruption, family separation and children, rejection of grandparents, grandparent alienation, sibling relationship disruption, extended family relationship loss, post-separation abuse, family violence involving children, relational autonomy, psychological autonomy, safe parent-child relationships, child attachment relationships, child loyalty dynamics, coercive influence on children, coercive parenting behaviours, alienating and coercive behaviours
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We are calling for Australian law to recognise and respond to child coercive control and alienating behaviours as serious forms of psychological abuse and family violence, particularly where children are manipulated into rejecting safe relationships or where legal and protective systems are misused to intensify that harm.