Alienating one parent from their children is by definition, child abuse.
From the article from Farzad Family Law:
Parental Alienation and Undermining Authority
"Parental alienation occurs when one parent undermines the authority of the other. In an ideal custodial arrangement, the parents (though living separate and apart), are a united front when it comes to the children's education, safety, welfare and activities.
Unfortunately, that isn't always the case and, in alienation cases, one parent influences the child to believe the other parent's authority is not important and can or should be disregarded.
Undermining authority is a form of alienation because, over time, the perpetrating parent has the child believe that there is a right way of parenting and a wrong way and the "wrong way" by the parent being alienated makes that parent less capable of parenting, the subject of ridicule and far less important in the child's life. The end goal is simple - If children are made to believe one parent does not act in their best interest, they will often rebel against that parent. Bonding and respect are lost and the result can be disastrous if allowed to fester."
Don't like this post? Change the story. Make it better for the kids. There were no problems here at my house or during the dozens and dozens of weekends they spent here in 2017 and 2018. Parental Alienation is terrible for the kids, and in the case of Evan and Eliana, there is no reason for it. When they're old enough to see this for what it is, they are going to be upset that their mother willingly kept them away from their dad with no justifiable cause.
