Willfull disregard & poisoning of one parent, usually the non-custodial parent is common in high conflict abuse/custody cases. Children are led to believe they were abandoned, unloved, that the "alienated" parent is unimportant , unsafe to bond with, disregarded. Selfishly, this fulfills the narcissitic needs of the alienating parent who controls all info & access the child has to their parent. Children may align temporarily with in order to survive, but it is, in fact, child

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  momofive (11/27/08)