Alec Baldwin & Parental Alienation

Posted by Connie Newbauer May 2, 2007

Move over Alec Baldwin – I hear the thundering hooves of divorced moms & dads across America rushing to join you on the parental alienation bandwagon!

The trouble is this: I am tempted to place parental alienation in the same category as the fainting female – drama, drama, drama; I simply have no facts to back up the claims presented thus far.I do not protest the point that children are sometimes unwittingly used as bargaining chips or weapons against the non-custodial parent. As wrong as that is - can we make the jump to say doing so is causing irrepairable harm to our children?

No doubt some moms say bad things about dads – and vice versa; but does parental alienation wield the power Baldwin and others vow it does – to damage the non-custodial parent’s image & character with community, friends and most of all, their children? Alec Baldwin sure thinks it does & he is ready to quit his job to prove it!

Check back in, later this week to read research presented by experts in the field and find out what you can do if parental alienation is playing a part in the life of your children.