When “family” court “professionals” defend cutting a child off from a parent, they almost always claim it’s for “protection.” They say the child is “safer” without contact, or that the parent is “too harmful” to be in their life. But here’s the truth: if it were really about safety, the child would still have access to the safe parts of that parent’s world, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, siblings, and family friends. When a child is denied all of those relationships, t

Parental alienation rarely comes wrapped in honesty. Instead, it disguises itself under buzzwords: “protective,” “cautious,” “safe.” The meme says it best, “I’m not an alienating mother, I’m a protective mother.” But look closer, and the contradictions spill out. A truly protective parent monitors all risky behavior: phone use, social media exposure, late nights, alcohol, unsafe friends, unsupervised parties. They set boundaries across the board, not just when it comes to the

Who Decides if a Parent Is “Deserving”? When it comes to parental alienation, the most dangerous myth is the idea that some parents are “deserving” of their children and some are not. You see it in casual comments online, like the one that says, “Not every parent is deserving of their children.” It sounds simple. It sounds righteous. But it’s a loaded statement that flips the entire foundation of family law upside down. The Law Is Clear: Parents Don’t Earn Their Kids In the U