97. Parental Alienation Syndrome

This week's episode is about parental alienation syndrome, the intersection of misogyny and grifting, and the worst man in the world Richard Gardner. BOOK PRE-ORDER: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722726/i-survived-capitalism-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt-by-madeline-pendleton/ PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/AB2THZNBYWZPWYJ3HWYQ/full?target=10.1080%2F09649069.2020.1701941& Gardner, R. (1998). The parental alienation syndrome: A guide for mental health and legal professionals. Cresskill, NJ: Creative Therapeutics, Inc. https://www.familylawyersdw.com.au/how-to-recognise-the-17-signs-of-parental-alienation/ https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23909317-true-and-false-accusations-of-child-sex-abuse?responsive=1&title=1 https://ncadv.org/STATISTICS https://www.propublica.org/article/parental-alienation-and-its-use-in-family-court https://www.propublica.org/article/both-parents-agree-child-is-being-harmed-who-will-courts-believe https://law.justia.com/cases/colorado/supreme-court/2020/20sa87.html https://www.propublica.org/article/parental-responsibility-evaluators-colorado https://www.propublica.org/article/family-reunification-camps-kids-allege-more-abuse https://www.propublica.org/article/parental-alienation-utah-livestream-siblings https://www.propublica.org/article/parental-alienation-utah-livestream-judge Nicholas M.C. Bala et al., Allegations of Child Abuse in the Context of Parental Separation: A Discussion Paper (Department of Justice, Canada, 2001) https://scholarship.law.gwu.edu/faculty_publications/823/ https://grantwyeth.medium.com/the-facilitating-system-of-the-family-court-cf4ee5a3b30b https://theconversation.com/parental-alienation-the-debunked-theory-that-women-lie-about-violence-is-still-used-in-court-125823 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15379418.2016.1217758?journalCode=wjcc20 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/parental-alienation-used-as-secret-weapon-in-custody-battles-says-expert-1.4663869 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0190740920321514 https://www.insider.com/parental-alienation-syndrome-father-alleged-child-abuse-win-custody-case-2023-5 https://www.forbes.com/sites/patriciafersch/2021/03/29/parental-alienation-as-a-defense-to-allegations-of-domestic-violence-and-allegations-of-child-sexual-abuse/?sh=2e8453e125c3 https://www.jstor.org/stable/25740351 https://scholarship.law.gwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1857&context=faculty_publications https://www.jstor.org/stable/45395268 https://www.jstor.org/stable/25740420