Down the Rabbit Hole: The world of estranged parents' forums

"When faced with evidence of their children's true feelings about unwanted contact, parents minimize ("What have we been doing to him? Nothing but telling him we love him!"), deny ("She's saying that because her abusive husband ordered her to"), demand explanations ("Why should she be afraid of me? I'm a weak little old woman who wouldn't hurt a fly!"), assert that they are still doing the right thing ("How can this estrangement end if we don't talk about it?"), and dismiss their children's emotions. The dismissal is the hardest part to watch. The common attitude is that estranged adult children shouldn't feel the way they do, so their nonconforming emotions can be ignored. Even when estranged parents get direct, unvarnished information about how they affect their children, they refuse to believe anything that goes against their idea of how the relationship should be."

If this is you?, it's time to read: "Dangerous Personalities", Joe Navarro ~ http://www.jnforensics.com/#!books/cnec to evaluate the risk(s) you face.