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107. When 'parental alienation' is actually coercive control
"Parental alienation" is one of the most weaponised terms in family law. In this episode, Danielle Black takes the term apart, puts something more precise in its place - and explains why the protective parents on the receiving end of those accusations are almost never the ones doing the harm.
Your child loves you. They may simply not feel safe to love you.
This is the reframe I want every protective parent who has watched their child pull away to carry, because it changes everything.
"Parental alienation" is one of the most weaponised terms in family law. It is invoked, again and again, by…
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