TOOLS OF THE ALIENATOR
* Persistent Unfounded Criticism
* Limiting Contact
* Erasing The Other Parent From Child's Life
* Forcing Rejection
* Creating Fear
* Forcing Choice
* Isolating The Child From Extended Family
( Above information from Dr. Phil)
* Persistent Unfounded Criticism
(Criticism of the other parent. Negative talk. Negative words.)
* Limiting Contact
(Keeping the child from communicating with the other parent via phone, text or email. Also blocking the other parent from communicating with the child, by ignoring texts or phone calls.)
* Erasing The Other Parent From Child's Life
(When one parents acts as if the other parent doesn't exist...therefore not co-parenting, making important decisions alone. Moving the child to another location or even another state.)
* Forcing Rejection
(When one parent forces the child to reject the other parent.
ALSO, when one parent rejects the CHILD in some way- IF- the child doesn't reject the other parent.
* Creating Fear
(When one parent puts fear in the child in some manipulating way. The child becomes fearful in telling the other parent the truth of why he or she is rejecting or mistreating them.
* Forcing Choice
(When one parent forces the child to "go along with" OR ELSE...forces the child to choose one parent over the other, and if not, the one parent places fear in the child to get his/her way.
* Isolating The Child From Extended Family
(When one parent isolates the child from the other parent's extended family which includes grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins. In other cases, the child can also be isolated from their own brothers and sisters, step parents and step brothers and sisters.
