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Some children stop wanting to see a parent they used to love.
Sometimes that’s because the other parent worked to make it happen. Sometimes there are reasons the child is entitled to have taken seriously. This site helps you tell the difference — and gives you something useful to do either way.
Parental alienation is not a medical or psychiatric diagnosis. What is recognised is that some parents behave in ways that damage a child’s relationship with their other parent, and that this can seriously harm children — and equally, that a child may refuse contact for good reasons, including abuse. Nothing here is a diagnosis or legal advice. What this site does and doesn’t claim.
For parents
You didn't lose your child. Something got between you — and that something has a name, and a way back.
For children
If you love both your parents and feel like you have to pick one, that feeling isn't wrong — but it isn't yours to fix alone.
Let them know that you will understand their reluctance to show affection for you in the presence of their other parent. Assure them that you will always know they love you, even when they do not show it.
Experts disagree