Education and Awareness
Today there are a number of organizations that offer support to alienated parents that are grieving for their children. At the same time there are also many speakers that lecture at prominent functions against the concept of children disconnecting from their parents. However, there is a huge lack of communication between the two parties.
Every time an organization addresses alienation, it brings renewed hope to hundreds of affected parents in our community. However, most public lectures focus on urging children to reconsider their choices and reconnect with their rejected parent. While this approach may be effective for estrangement—where a child independently chooses to distance themselves—it does not address parental alienation, which occurs when a third party actively influences the rift.
Many speakers fail to realize that alienation is rarely a willful, independent choice by the child. Rather, it stems from a sustained pattern of external influence that leads the child to perceive a loving, devoted, and innocent parent in a negative light. To the child, this perspective feels like reality.
To shed light on how loving parents lose their children, the team at Broken Ties has produced an insightful recording exploring the complex relational dynamics behind alienation. It focuses on the hidden maneuvers alienators use to disempower their target – the alienated parent. Educating communal leaders, professionals, and authority figures on how these situations form is essential so we can approach affected parents and children with both empathy and understanding.
While interpersonal conflict often involves shared responsibility, parental alienation leaves one parent as an innocent victim.
We invite you to listen to our podcast on the Complexities of Alienation to better understand the motives and tactics behind parental alienation, and share it with community authority figures to help raise awareness. Or you may prefer to read our article, The Voice of the Alienated Child, for further insight.
The loving parents in our community need and deserve our collective support.
