PAAO-US "For the Sake of the Children"
Parental Alienation Awareness Organization - United States
Parental Alienation vs Parental Alienation Syndrome
Parental alienation is any behavior by a parent, a child's mother or father, whether conscious or unconscious, that could create alienation in the relationship between a child and the other parent. Parental alienation can be mild and temporary or extreme and ongoing. Most researchers believe that any alienation of a child against (the child's) other parent is harmful to the child and to the target parent. Extreme, obsessive, and ongoing parental alienation can cause terrible psychological damage to children extending well into adulthood. Parental Alienation focuses on the alienating parents behavior as opposed to the alienated parent's and alienated children's conditions.
This definition is different from Parental Alienation Syndrome as originally coined by Dr. Richard Gardner in 1987: "a disturbance in which children are preoccupied with deprecation and criticism of a parent-denigration that is unjustified and/or exaggerated." Parental Alienation Syndrome symptoms describe the child's behaviors and attitude towards the targeted parent after the child has been effectively programmed and severely alienated from the targeted parent.
*Parental alienation, on the other hand, describes the alienating parent's or parents' conduct which, combined with distance and time induces parental alienation syndrome in children*
What is Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS)?
PAAO-US Thanks ALL Governors for Proclaiming PAAD
A Special Recognition to Governor Joe Manchin of West Virginia for his exemplary leadership in helping stop a behavioral form of child abuse.
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Forms of parental alienation include:
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Click below to view the proclamations/recognitions
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The Governor of your state has signed this Parental Alienation Proclamation to acknowledge the existence of Parental Alienation within the community, and that Parental Alienation is a very severe form of Child Abuse. The Governor, by signing this document, has stated that he will work to fight against Parental Alienation, to minimize the damage or harm that it causes our children. The Governor is also setting an example for all of us to follow his lead and do our best to further the understanding of this form of child abuse. Parental Alienation violates the ‘child’s best interest’, which is a community standard written into law that cannot be compromised. To the alienated parent, it is a written document confirming their value as a “loving parent”. To the alienated child, it is a message to say, we know that you suffer, and we are working towards helping others understand you, so we can one day free you from your torment and pain.
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