AmyJLBaker's comments

Is There Room in Your Custody and Parenting Plans for Unscheduled Time?

06 Oct 2007 07:24 AM

I wanted to say that I agree in spirit with what you are saying... with one big exception -- which is that in some situations the other parent can take advantage of your willingness to be flexible without reciprocating. Some parents have a mission to destroy your relationship with your child and these parents need firm boundaries to limit their manipulation of every situation to their benefit. The real question is how can you tell the parents who aim to alienate you from your child and those that simply ask for a little extra time or flexibility. Recent research (of mine and others) have identified the top alienation strategies and parents should know about them in order to determine when to be firm and when to be flexible.

Amy J.L. Baker, Ph.D author of Adult children of parental alienation syndrome: Breaking the ties that bind