A parent in California recently wrote to tell us that A Family’s Heartbreak: A Parent’s Introduction to Parental Alienation has been a great source of support and has helped him tie together concepts from other parental alienation books and articles. But the part of his letter that surprised us the most was this –
“I really appreciate the humor. On some of your anecdotes I laughed until I cried… at this stage humor is the best medicine for me.”
They (whoever ”they” are) say laughter is the best medicine so with Mother’s Day coming up here’s an excerpt from the book that we hope helps alienated Mom’s and Dads through a rough day. It’s about my son Jared:
“… Jared was too smart for the third grade. He ended up skipping a year in school but not before having problems with his third grade teacher. For discipline, this teacher made Jared write down all the counties in the state. We lived in Pennsylvania at the time. Pennsylvania is a big state. Jared spent a lot of time writing.
Jared didn’t mind rewriting the counties over and over again. He enjoyed the exercise so much he started writing down the counties even when he wasn’t in trouble. He always had a fresh copy of counties to hand in to his teacher when he needed one. He also had plenty of copies to sell to his classmates when they were in trouble. When his teacher finally caught on to Jared’s entrepreneurial approach to the third grade, she wasn’t amused. She didn’t give Jared high marks for his understanding if supply-side economics either.”
Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mom’s who aren’t with their children this Mother’s Day. Please remember that parental alienation isn’t about whether or not you were a good Mom. Parental alienation is about the other parent’s unresolved emotional issues.
