#child manipulation

Cult leader Jim Jones successfully convinced over 900 people to drink cyanide. Imagine how much easier carrying out an agenda could be if the cult leader was your parent.

Originally published Stepparent Magazine April 12, 2020

If they’d left to go live in the South of France or maybe on a yacht in the Caribbean, their disappearance from our lives would maybe make more sense.  But for many of us who have lost our children to parental alienation, this couldn’t be further from the truth.

Dr. Amy J. L. Baker’s book Adult Children of Parental Alienationdescribes…

Cognitive Dissonance, the inability to accept the truth when presented with evidence, was already taking hold. And she was only eleven.

She burst through the door crying and shaking.

Accusations spewed from her mouth in such a way it seemed even she was struggling to believe them.

Nonetheless, she continued.

Why haven’t you paid your child support?

Why does mommy have to move?

Why does mommy have to struggle?

Why don’t you do the right thing?

After presenting a mountain of evidence to the contrary, she called…

Implanting false memories was a tactic used often by the alienator. She would stop at nothing to sabotage their minds.

Saturday April 2, 2011

Today was a typical day in the Mefferd household.  It was a beautiful Saturday morning and the kids were rested and giggly.  I could hear laughter flowing from the kitchen as I made my way down the hall.  I looked forward to days like these.  If only they could be bottled up and stored forever.

As I sauntered to the kitchen, I saw three bright-eyed and smiling faces sitting…