It is not unusual for the children of divorced and divorcing parents to have a “primary parent,” sometimes known as the primary caregiver and sometimes known as the psychological parent. This is the ...

A significant risk factor for family estrangement is divorced parents. The breakup of a marriage, which is primarily a matter between spouses, ripples throughout the broader family. Among the most ...

Many are familiar with the term parental alienation. However, many are entirely unfamiliar with the term realistic estrangement. Parental alienation is where one parent begins a campaign to demean and ...

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