Description

In this episode, Manny and Dylan talk with Dr. Jennifer Harman, Associate Professor of Psychology at Colorado State University. The discussion focuses on the topic of parental alienation, or when one parent turns their children against the other parent. When and why does this happen? What can it do to kids and what can we do about it? 

Show notes:

• https://theconversation.com/parental-alienation-what-it-means-and-why-it-matters-60763
• Parents behaving badly: Gender biases in the perception of parental alienating behaviors:  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27504753/
• Gender Differences in the Use of Parental Alienating Behaviors: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10896-019-00097-5
• Parental alienating behaviors: An unacknowledged form of family violence: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30475019/
• Parental alienation: The blossoming of a field of study: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2019-19773-016
• The relative extent of physical punishment and abuse by mothers and fathers: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2000-14077-003