The Cooperative Parenting Blog has a series of four blog posts discussing parental alienation and how this can affect children. One in particular discusses how a parent may attempt to alienate their child against the other parent and which children will be able to resist and remain connected to both. Parents may seek out the child who is more likely to be successfully alienated, and there are some patterns that have been identified to help shed light on these children in particular. It is hard for children under the age of seven years old to fend off the coaching and brainwashing they may receive. Also, as the child ages, children will often give into the pressure, and this alienation tends to peak around the age of 11. An alienated child will express unreasonable negative feelings and beliefs toward a parent. These expressions are often significantly disproportionate to their actual experience with the parent.
Here are a few more characteristics that are more likely to be successfully alienated from a parent:
- Vulnerable personality
- Dependent/enmeshed
- Anxious/fearful
- Passive
- Sensitive
For more information about parental alienation, and the types of children who may be at risk, click here.
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