FRAN HAWTHORNE
Resources
These are just a few of the resources, mainly recommended by experts, where you can learn more about Parental Alienation, the painful situation at the heart of HER DAUGHTER–when one parent deliberately sets out to estrange the child or children from the other parent. I'm intentionally not including resources related to domestic violence, incest, teen rebellion, abandonment, or "garden variety" divorce fights.
PA AWARENESS DAY
Every year on April 25
Experts and Websites ​
​​Dr. Amy J. Baker
Dr Joshua Coleman and on Substack "Family Troubles"
Family Access: Fighting for Children's Rights​
Magazine, Journal and Newspaper Articles​​​
The Atlantic cover story, December 2020: "When a Child Is a Weapon"
The New York Times, December 20, 2017: "Debunking Myths about Estrangement"
The New York Times, January 24, 2021: "What Defines Domestic Abuse? Survivors Say It's More Than Assault"
​​​​Psychiatric Times, December 10, 2021: "Avoiding the Pitfalls of False Assumptions in Parental Alienation Cases"
​Contemporary Pediatrics, April 8, 2022: "The Toll of Parental Alienation on Children"
National Institutes of Health study "The Impact of Parental Alienating Behaviors on the Mental Health of Adults Alienated in Childhood," March 30, 2022
Cogent Psychology, May 11, 2017: "Denial of Ambivalence as a Hallmark of Parental Alienation"​
Books - Nonfiction
​Kate Abramson, On Gaslighting, Princeton University Press (2024)
Joshua Coleman PhD, Rules of Estrangement: Why Adult Children Cut Ties & How to Heal the Conflict, Harmony (2021)
Joan Kloth-Zanard (editor), Broken Family Bonds: Poems and Stories from Victims of Parental Alienation, Lulu (2013)
Karl Pillemer PhD, Fault Lines: Fractured Families and How to Mend Them, Avery (2020)
Robin Stern PhD, The Gaslight Effect: How to Spot and Survive the Hidden Manipulation Others Use to Control Your Life, Harmony (2007)
Deborah Vinall, PsyD, Gaslighting: A Step-by-Step Recovery Guide, Rockridge Press (2021)
...and of course, see the
Movie
Gaslight (MGM, 1944), with Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, and Joseph Cotten