Children as Pawns: How Narcissists Manipulate and Use Their Own
Oct 4, 2024 · Using a child as a pawn refers to manipulating or exploiting them for personal gain or control. A narcissistic parent may use the child as a weapon to hurt the other parent, to maintain power dynamics within the family, or to fulfill their own emotional needs.
Family Court: The 5 Mistakes That Will Come Back to Haunt the ...
May 1, 2020 · The narcissist will use any given opportunity to extract an emotional reaction from you, the healthy parent. The narcissist knows the child is your Achilles heel and will happily use the child as a pawn to bait and torment you. When the narcissistic parent prevents contact, doesn't allow the child
When parents turn children into weapons, everybody loses
Apr 25, 2022 · Domestic abuse can involve one parent using a child as a weapon against the other parent, which harms the child in immense ways.
When Grandparents Say You're 'Using Your Child As A Pawn'
Jun 29, 2021 · The ultimate battle cry in grandparents’ rights groups is the complaint of adult children using their children (the grandchildren) as “pawns.”.
Parental Alienation: How Parents Use Their Children As Weapons
Dec 3, 2020 · NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Barbara Bradley Hagerty, a contributor for The Atlantic, about parental alienation, which can happen when one parent uses a child to get back at the other...
13 Tactics Families Use to Alienate Grandparents
Apr 4, 2023 · 13 Tactics Families Use to Alienate Grandparents. Information withdrawal, gift rejection, and more. Posted April 4, 2023 | Reviewed by Ekua Hagan. Key points. Grandparent alienation can be subtle...
GoodTherapy | Child or Weapon? The Psychological Dynamics...
Jun 15, 2017 · The alienating parent will wage war against their ex in order to temper feelings of rejection and inadequacy, using the child as a pawn. Parental Alienation as Domestic Violence by Proxy Theory
Children Used as Pawns in Court - DomesticShelters.org
Apr 27, 2016 · Attorney Nancy Erickson, who has dealt with incidents of PAS in child custody cases during her career, offers some possible defense options for parents facing an allegation of PAS. Among them, consider filing criminal charges, …
GoodTherapy | Helping Adult Children with Parental Aliena...
Mar 30, 2012 · When parents use children as pawns in their divorce, the psychological consequences can be devastating. Parental alienation (PA) is the act of deliberately alienating a child from a targeted...
Caught in the middle: When divorced parents use kids as pawns
Aug 28, 2023 · Can forcing a child to spend time with the rejected parent away from the other repair the rifts? We look at why courts and therapists battle when having to deal with so-called parental alienation cases.