Advent Meditation #1: Crisis and Response
The defining moment is not the crisis. The defining moment is your determined response to the crisis.
Parental Alienation: When To Give Up The Legal Battle in Court
Making my way through a parental alienation forum recently, I came across a very intelligent and well thought out discussion of when a targeted parent should end their legal battles in response to the alienating tactics of the “other parent.” I have some experience with parental alienation and thought about what the author of the post said. In a few words, her comments can be summed up this way: the “good guys” don’t always win. It’s unnatural and deeply wounding for an ex, or someone else, to disrupt or destroy a once loving relationship between a parent and a child. If you have been the victim of this, your first thought may have been “it’s impossible, and what I think is happening isn’t really happening.” The recognition of reality leads to lengthy and sometimes expensive legal battles, emotional, mental, and spiritual exhaustion, and a cycle of recrimination and anger that can go on for years. In the meantime, your child is caught in the middle of somethin...
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