So, you feel you have done nothing wrong, yet your teen has created a story with you as the resident bad guy! Are your ears burning?
It is very hard when one or both parents involve the child in their agendas and it can be so detrimental to the child’s emotional well-being and subsequent relationship with the alienated parent. It can make the estranged parent feel angry, hurt, stressed and pushed out. It can be a lonely frustrating place to find yourself.
What can you do about it if you find yourself in that situation?
First and foremost, don’t despair and think it’s the end of your relationship forever. Parental break ups can be very hard for adolescents to integrate even when the split has been amicable. Teenagers go through huge emotional transitions that see them make all or nothing decisions and catastrophize their life when obstacles arise even temporarily!
[For more of this story, written by Sian Pryce, go to https://psychcentral.com/lib/w...arent-after-divorce/]
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