Parental Alienation - is this an issue for you?

So what exactly does it mean?

The best way to start is by looking at the definitions of the term:

• parental: of parents: relating to, belonging to or provided by parents.
• alienation: 1) make somebody unfriendly: to cause somebody to change his or her previously friendly or supportive attitude and become unfriendly, unsympathetic or hostile.
• alienation: 2) make somebody feel disaffected: to make somebody feel that he or she does not belong to or share in something or is isolated from it. — Encarta® World English Dictionary

Has your life become a battleground for you or a friend of yours due to this issue of Parental Alienation that can come about when a divorce gets ugly? There are some excellent and very workable solutions for handling the type of tense situations that create alienation between ex's and as a result spill over onto the kids. 

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