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'Parental alienation': What it means and why it matters

  • Written by Jennifer Harman, Associate Professor of Applied Social and Health Psychology, Colorado State University
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Parental alienation – defined as when one parent’s relationship with his or her child is harmed by the other parent – can have devastating consequences.

Many legal professionals and psychologists have known about parental alienation for decades. But for political and...

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