1.0Doing Life Togetherhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/doinglifetogetherLinda Mintlehttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/doinglifetogether/author/lmintleParent Alienation Syndromerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="G5i9aUYmLj"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/doinglifetogether/2013/02/parent-alienation-syndrome.html">Parent Alienation Syndrome</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/doinglifetogether/2013/02/parent-alienation-syndrome.html/embed#?secret=G5i9aUYmLj" width="600" height="338" title="“Parent Alienation Syndrome” — Doing Life Together" data-secret="G5i9aUYmLj" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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In the 1980s, a forensic psychiatrist coined the term parental alienation syndrome (PAS) to describe the efforts of one parent to turn his or her children against the other. The syndrome involves deliberate mental and emotional abuse that can occur among highly conflictual couples who fight over custody. The result is a child who harbors…http://blog.beliefnet.com/doinglifetogether/files/2013/02/upset-child.jpg