31/03/2026
All most parents want is for their child to be happy with whoever they are with.###
People often confuse parental alienation with estrangement, but they are not the same thing.
Estrangement usually happens when a child or adult child sets boundaries because of how they were treated.
It comes from their own experiences, memories, and decisions.
Parental alienation is different.
Parental alienation happens when a child is influenced, pressured, or manipulated into rejecting one parent — not because of their own experiences, but because of what they are told, what they hear, and what they feel they are not allowed to feel.
Estrangement says:
“I’m stepping away because this relationship hurt me.”
Alienation says:
“You shouldn’t love that parent.”
“You don’t need that parent.”
“That parent doesn’t love you.”
“That parent is the problem.”
Estrangement comes from the child’s experience.
Alienation comes from someone else controlling the child’s perception.
They are not the same thing,
but they are very often confused.
💙 The Erased Parent
Exposing Truth after Silence