Charles OrnsteinFeb 26, 2023

Their mom has been accused of parental alienation. The kids have been ordered to attend a reunification camp with their dad. And now they are barricading themselves in their room to keep police from forcibly removing them. Wild story by
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https://www.propublica.org/article/parental-alienation-utah-livestream-siblings

Barricaded Siblings Turn to TikTok While Defying Court Order to Return to Father They Say Abused Them

A judge concluded the children were victims of parental alienation, which continues to influence family courts despite being rejected by mainstream scientific groups, and authorized police to use “reasonable force” to remove them from their mother.

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@charlesornstein @ProPublica Out of so many awful aspects of this, I find it absolutely horrifying that courts think it ok to send a child across the country to spend 90 days at an "undisclosed location" with an estranged parent. If a parent did this without a court order, it would clearly be a crime. Our country needs to get over the idea that getting used to suffering is how your deal with trauma.
Feb 26, 2023 at 11:58pmWeb