Parental alienation is a very dangerous and cruel way to punish your estranged partner.The children will suffer whatever the outcome

My story in brief, three children 13, 12 & 7. First two to one mother, 7 yr old to another. Good relationship with oldest two upto last year

New partner who knows oldest two for around 9 months until it all kicks off. Suddenly they decide they don't like new partner.

New partner has two boys or her own. We all get on great until my kids desires to come over change and they make unreasonable requests.

They say they're having problems coming to terms with new environment and don't like new partner or where she lives.

They claim I'm more interested in new partner's two boys. Complete nonsense. Upshot is that they don't come on 2 week holiday to Florida.

I'm very angry about this and know their mother is pulling strings behind the scenes, even more than usual. She's a 1st class control freak.

Her own upbringing not good. Parents indifferent to her. Older sister was golden child. Not much love in the home environment.

Because her parents didn't have much time for her, they used to show their love for her by spoiling her as much as possible.

No wonder she always links 'generosity' to love. Only now she's repeating this sad cycle from her own life to her own children.

The 'golden' sister broke all ties with the family quite some time ago and disappeared. This type of rejection stays with you.

I have now been estranged from my oldest two for almost 18 months. Absolutely this is Parental Alienation, no doubt in my mind.

Just been to bringseanhome.org. I believe Parental Alienation is a type of child abduction and has the same effects.