Parental Alienation: Bad-Mouthing Your Ex to Your Kids Can Have Serious Consequences
When a marriage dissolves, it is only the relationship between the ex-spouses that ends, not the relationship between children and their parents. Unfortunately, some divorced parents hold grudges and take pains to make their ex-spouse look bad to their children. This type of behavior is called parental alienation. It often happens to couples coming off an unpleasant divorce. They are more likely to denigrate or disparage an ex-spouse with the intent of damaging the latter's relationship with the children. They might even prevent the children from seeing or communicating with their ex. Courts do not take parental alienation lightly. In fact, it...
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