Below is a study done by Dr Jane Wanjao – Relationship Between Post Divorce Parental Alienation and Adolescents’ Wellbeing in Public Mixed Day High Schools in Kikuyu Sub County, Kenya
Parental Alienation denotes the manipulation of children by one parent with an intention of turning them against the other parent after divorce (Warshak, 2020) Parental alienating behaviours refers to a multifaceted collection of tactics employed by alienating parents which impairs and breaks the association that exists between targeted child and his/her other parent (Verhaar et al., 2022) Alienating Parent refers to the parent who uses the parental alienating strategies. In this study the term means the same. Targeted parent refers to the rejected parent and who is the target of a crusade of alienating tactics (Haines et al.,2020). In this study the term means the same. It is my sincere hope that this blog will be a great resource for those who are contemplating divorce, are in the process of acquiring divorce papers and those who have already divorced or separated. Most studies conducted on divorce have mentioned the undesirable effects of divorce on the children. In most cases the children are portrayed as the helpless, innocent victims of parental divorce. This is because their interests are not taken into consideration in most cases. This situation is made worse when post-divorce parental alienation occurs. Parental alienation signifies the manipulation or indoctrination of children by one parent with an intention of turning them against the other parent (Verhaar et. al. 2022; Warshak, (2020). During post-divorce parental alienation, the alienating parent (AP) who portrays himself/herself as all good and blameless brainwashes the children against the other […]
