Leilani Sinclair
Sep 1, 2018 · 2 min read

Thank you for sharing this tragic story. I’ve tried to write about cases of alienation before and as I’m writing it down of things that happened it sounds so crazy and unbelievable that I don’t think readers would believe me. But indeed it does happen, the insanity and evil acts involved in these cases. In general, the legal and mental health professionals who are in a position that could positively contribute do not want to look at it. It’s too disturbing or perhaps something in their own life gets stirred up and so they just pretend like it’s not happened.

Parental alienation is a form of psychological and emotional abuse. It is a human rights violation according to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The weaponization of children by one parent to punish the other is a form of post-divorce domestic violence. Calling it a “custody issue” distorts the fact that a parent is psychologically and emotionally abusing their child. Unless this grave harm stops immediately, the child will become more severely traumatized in manner every bit as damaging as victims of physical or sexual abuse.

We know know that emotional and psychological abuse is every bit as serious as sexual or physical abuse. But in the case of a child sexually abuses, the perpetrating parent will be immediately removed so as not to create further harm. The alienated child should receive this same level of protection.

despite what they may say, no child wants to have to reject a parent with whom they’re attached. It is unnatural — children all have an instinctual need to be loved and to love each parent. When a child, (who had not been abused by this targeted parent), rejects a parent, it is not possible that that child is seeking truthfully. They are under the influence of the other parent. No child should ever have to choose.

Leilani Sinclair

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