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Nov 4, 2023 | 
businessinsider.com | Mark Miller |Erica Berenstein |Olivia Gentile
Video It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options. Insider Docs How parents force their children into experimental therapy An curved arrow pointing right. A stylized bird with an open mouth, tweeting. Twitter LinkedIn A stylized letter F. Flipboard An image of a chain link. It symobilizes a website link url. Copy Link The letter F. An envelope. It indicates the ability to send an email.
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Sep 15, 2023 | 
businessinsider.com | Olivia Gentile
California State Senator Susan Rubio advocates for Piqui's Law at a July 10 press conference. California Senate Democrats Programs that treat "parental alienation" can leave kids with alleged abusers for months or years. California's legislature unanimously passed Piqui's Law, named after a 5-year-old murdered by his father following a custody dispute.
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Jul 28, 2023 | 
bostonglobe.com | Carolyn Dever |Olivia Gentile
Ten years ago, Jim Kenyon, a columnist for the Valley News in West Lebanon, N.H., welcomed Dartmouth College’s incoming 19th president with a profile headlined “Hangin’ With Phil: At Michigan, Dartmouth’s Next President Cuts a High-Impact, Low-Profile Figure on Campus.” Kenyon, who’d traveled to the University of Michigan to interview Phil Hanlon, was fulsome in his praise for the mathematician’s amiability, intellect, accomplishments, and work ethic.
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Jun 1, 2023 | 
insider.com | Olivia Gentile
In a TikTok video that went viral last fall, 15-year-old Maya and her younger brother were seen screaming as they were taken from their father. Their mother had won custody from a judge despite the children's allegations of abuse. The judge relied on a controversial theory called "parental alienation," which holds that when kids accuse a parent of abuse, it's often because they've been brainwashed by their other parent. Loading Something is loading.
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Jun 1, 2023 | 
businessinsider.com | Olivia Gentile
Parenting Supporters of Maya and Sebastian protest outside of a Santa Cruz County courthouse in October 2022. Still from a forthcoming documentary by Insider/Retro Report/Type Investigations This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? .
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Jun 1, 2023 | 
tinyurl.com | Olivia Gentile
In a TikTok video that went viral last fall, 15-year-old Maya and her younger brother were seen screaming as they were taken from their father. Their mother had won custody from a judge despite the children's allegations of abuse. The judge relied on a controversial theory called "parental alienation," which holds that when kids accuse a parent of abuse, it's often because they've been brainwashed by their other parent. Loading Something is loading.
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May 27, 2023 | 
insider.com | Olivia Gentile
When their parents divorced in 2011, Ashton Goff and his little brother lived primarily with their mom. Ashton disliked visiting their dad, Michael D., and Delaware's child-welfare agency found that Michael had emotionally abused him. Then, in 2016, Michael turned the tables. He claimed that his ex-wife had poisoned the boys against him in a campaign of "parental alienation." The concept of parental alienation has never been accepted by the American Psychiatric Association.
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May 27, 2023 | 
businessinsider.com | Olivia Gentile
This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . When their parents divorced in 2011, Ashton Goff and his little brother lived primarily with their mom. Ashton disliked visiting their dad, Michael D., and Delaware's child-welfare agency found that Michael had emotionally abused him. Then, in 2016, Michael turned the tables.
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May 18, 2023 | 
yahoo.com | Olivia Gentile
Jill Montes of Carlsbad, California, lost custody of three of her children in 2021 to her ex-husband. He had accused her of "parental alienation."Maggie Shannon for InsiderHow the 'junk science' of parental alienation infiltrated American family courts and allowed accused child abusers to win custody of their kids. In the summer of 2020, when he was 12, the boy told his therapist something he'd never told anyone else. For years, Robert claimed, his stepdad had sexually abused him.
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May 18, 2023 | 
tinyurl.com | Olivia Gentile
Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options. HOMEPAGE 0 Subscribe This story was reported in partnership with the nonprofit newsroom Type Investigations. In the summer of 2020, when he was 12, the boy told his therapist something he'd never told anyone else. For years, Robert claimed, his stepdad had sexually abused him.
