Parental alienation is when a child strongly aligns with one parent (the alienating parent) and rejects the other parent (the target parent) for unwarranted reasons. In practice, the alienating parent ...

Healthy family dynamics are no easy feat to achieve. While some Gen Zers are nearing 30 years old, some are still just entering their teenage years, navigating family life, high school, and the ...

Prevention of the disintegration of families is such an important goal that judges, traditionally cautious, practical, and careful, can be enlisted to actively try to reverse the effects of a family's ...

During conflict within families, children often side with one parent. When does that behavior turn into more harmful parental alienation? Medically reviewed by Dr. Ann-Louise T Lockhart, PsyD, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. While many of us experience nurturing, heartwarming upbringings, we all know at ...

Abbey O’Brien, 18, went to the Texas Capitol in May to publicly support lawmakers’ attempt to restrict a type of family therapy a court ordered her to participate in after her parents’ divorce. Her ...

As Christmas approaches, many of us are busy making plans to spend the day with family – organizing travel, buying presents and looking forward to (or perhaps dreading) long-held traditions. For ...

Bardot is survived by one adult child, Nicolas, with whom she had a complicated, estranged relationship. Here is where Nicolas is today and why the mother and son shared a strained bond.

Parental alienation is when one parent (the alienating parent) intentionally damages their child’s relationship with the other parent (the target parent). Alienating parents achieve this by deploying ...

Tiffanie O'Brien, right, and her daughter, Abbey, in their neighbors home near Lake Austin on Aug. 8, 2025. Both women testified in favor of banning reunification therapy, a form of court-ordered ...