On Mother’s Day 2016, a person who signed themselves “A Hurting Parent” emailed me about my article titled “Unwanted Contact Is Not Stalking“: I just read your article
The centerpiece of the estranged parents’ movement is the Child Who Left for No Good Reason. Most of their own stories, and almost all of their stories of
Most of the mail I get from estranged parents isn’t what you could call hate mail. It’s more like disapprove mail–attempts at guilt trips (“Don’t you understand how
The research on stalking focuses on former or would-be romantic partners, with a lesser emphasis on friends and fans. I have yet to find more than the briefest note about
When an estranged parent says she has no idea why her children left, she’s convincing. The pain in her eyes, the confusion or indignation in her voice, they’re
A “grandparent alienation” Facebook page posted this image in support of a grandmother who was estranged from her grandchildren: The prayer is, “God, please kill my daughter-in-law so
All non-spam comments are supposed to be published automatically, but there’s a kink in the system that’s holding comments back for review. I’m working on unkinking it. In
Up until a few years ago, a poster named Ginnie used to be a regular member of the Grandparents.com forums. She was a 60-something grandmother, psychologist, and guardian ad
[Trigger warning for child abuse.] When members of estranged parents’ forums come across abuse survivors’ forums, something chilling happens. Purely for curiosity’s sake, I hopped over to the
“how blameless we all are! None of us intended any of this!” THAT is the truth! Not one of us did anything that caused estrangement. Any difficulties or
