Parental alienation is when a child strongly aligns with one parent (the alienating parent) and rejects the other parent (the target parent) for unwarranted reasons. In practice, the alienating parent ...

Healthy family dynamics are no easy feat to achieve. While some Gen Zers are nearing 30 years old, some are still just entering their teenage years, navigating family life, high school, and the ...

Prevention of the disintegration of families is such an important goal that judges, traditionally cautious, practical, and careful, can be enlisted to actively try to reverse the effects of a family's ...

Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) is a controversial yet increasingly recognized phenomenon in family courts. It describes a ...

During conflict within families, children often side with one parent. When does that behavior turn into more harmful parental alienation? Medically reviewed by Dr. Ann-Louise T Lockhart, PsyD, ...

Over the past year, Hannah Dreyfus has published a stream of “parent’s worst nightmare” journalism on ProPublica. A recent story featured a Colorado mom, Christine, who lost custody of her young son ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. While many of us experience nurturing, heartwarming upbringings, we all know at ...

Tiffanie O'Brien, right, and her daughter, Abbey, in their neighbors home near Lake Austin on Aug. 8, 2025. Both women testified in favor of banning reunification therapy, a form of court-ordered ...