He Said/ She Said: How Parents Are Screwing Up Their Children During Divorce with G. Mick Smith and Kindra Riber

The Aftermath: The Epidemic of Divorce, Custody and Healing

Divorce is difficult. Custody battles are painful- and parental alienation is a systematic form of abuse. Listen to Kindra and Mick unpack the 10 biggest lessons they learned from their guest Michele Fineran.

10 Takeaways:

1. The definition of Parental Alienation Syndrome has changed and is recognized now.

2. Many children return to the alienated parent as they get older.

3. There are age-appropriate differences in healing children from custody and alienation: youngest children fear a loss of parent's love, grade-age kids blame failure on themselves, and teenagers are often angry.

4. Co-parenting and cooperation is ideal for all children to experience.

5. Children tend to align with the disciplining parent.

6. Likewise, children favor identifying with same-sex parents, boys with fathers, and girls with mothers.

7. The Law might help to co-parent with a narcissistic parent.

8. Single-parent households, particularly mothers with boys, often lack the ability to discipline effectively.

9. The "Ronald McDonald" parent is favored by children in the short term but over the long term, the disciplinarian is respected by kids.

10. Parents should set an example of positive role models for children to be healthy adults.

Learn more about your hosts Mick Smith and Kindra Riber. They are waging the war on ending the pain of divorce, parental alienation, custody battles and the break-up of families. Their purpose is to give you the tools on how to heal in the aftermath of family trauma and drama.

Learn more about Mick Smith:

Get Mick's Book: Burning America: Amazon.com: Burning America: In The Best Interest Of The Children?: 9781956353259: Smith, G Mick: Books

Listen to his podcast: The Doctor of Digital™ GMick Smith, PhD | Podcasts on Audible | Audible.com

Learn More About Kindra Riber:

Meet Kindra | Speak Life Into Stri (kindraspeaks.com)

If you are going through a high-conflict divorce or a custody battle, please reach out to us at:

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