17 Parental Alienation Custody Tactics: How Parents Manipulate Children

Hear the 17 Tactics identified through research that alienating parents use to manipulate children.

1. Denigrading the other parent to the child to create the impression the other parent is unsafe, unloving & unavailable
2. Limiting the child's contact w the other parent such that the parent & child cannot share meaningfully in each other's lives
3. Interfering w the child's communication w the other parent such that the parent & child cannot emotionally connect during periods of separation
4. Making it difficult for the child to think about, talk about & look at photos of the other parent & thereby attenuating the attachment between them
5. Withholding love & affection when the child exhibits interest & affection towards the other parent
6. Allowing the child to choose to spend time w the other parent & then creating the impression that time w the other parent is optional & undesirable
7. Forcing the child to reject the other parent
8. Telling the child that the other parent does not love him/her
9. Creating the impression that the other parent is dangerous
10. Confiding in the child about personal & legal matters in order to induce the child to be hurt & angry at the other parent
11. Asking the child to spy on the other parent
12. Asking the child to keep secrets from the other parent
13. Referring to the other parent by first name rather than 'mom' or 'dad'
14. Referring to a new significant other as 'mom' or 'dad'
15. Changing the child's name to remove the association with the other parent
16. Withholding information from the other parent
17. Undermining the other parent's authority

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