Characteristics Parental alienation syndrome

Presently in US the majority of the children’s are suffering from Parental alienation syndrome. Let me explain the characteristics of parental alienation syndrome. 

Characteristics: It can occur if a parent criticizes the other parent or stepparent directly to a child or in front of the children. It will most probably occur through divorce, custody hearings, upon remarriage of a parent, or most commonly during primary contact with the children. The effect is to make a disturbance in the child’s relationship with the other parent. Gardner proposed that children have been taught by an alienating parent to hate the targeted parent, to the point of wanting to do away with the targeted parent from their lives. He considered this psychological abuse and a form of psychological mistreatment that has clear-cut clearly identifiable signs and symptoms, and therefore be easily diagnosed. One of the famous doctors Alan Kemp described the categories that make up PAS: Rejecting, terrorizing, corrupting, denying necessary stimulation, emotional responsiveness or availability, unreliable and inconsistent parenting, mental health, medical or educational neglect, degrading/devaluating the other parent, isolating, and exploiting the child. By intentionally alienating the victims from other family members and social supports, isolation occurs. The alienator then uses pressure or denigrating tactics to force victims to comply with their requests. Essentially, in PAS, the children are used to destroy the targeted parent as a means of revenge and domestic violence. The alienating parent refuses to obey even court orders and tell the children they do not have to stand by them either thus prompting them to disregard the authority of the targeted parent. The primary goal of alienating parent is the targeted parent by using the children as weapons or pawns.