Parental Alienation Syndrome or PAS is a condition named conceived by the late Richard Gardener MD in the late 1980’s. It is described by Gardener as: a disorder that arises primarily in the context of child-custody disputes. Its primary manifestation is the child’s campaign of denigration against the parent‚ a campaign that has no justification. The disorder results from the combination of indoctrinations by the alienating parent and the child’s own contributions to the vilification of the alienated
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‘I Am Sam’- Assessment Sam is the main character in ‘I Am Sam’. He faces a number of issues throughout the movie‚ but the main hardship is to gain custody of his daughter. Sam’s role is a mentally retarded male‚ with a mental capacity of a seven year old. Sam’s daughter‚ Lucy‚ is seven and her teachers fear that Sam’s aptitude is holding her back because she does not want to be smarter than her father. Lucy loves Sam very much‚ however she knows he was not the average father‚ as she told her best
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ages together "for the sake of thechildren." But then a psychological revolution emerged that focused on the well-being of the individual rather than the larger social fabric. Thisspawned a new and influential profession of family therapists and child-welfare advocates who believed that a child’s greatest need was not stability but parentshappy in their relationships. This would be guaranteed‚ the therapists said‚ if parents could move freely out of bad relationships into "better‚" more fulfilling ones
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matter how old a child is‚ the divorce of a parent is a highly stressful event. Most children are not prepared for the upcoming split of his/her parents. Studies have shown that less than 10% of children have support from grownups outside the family during the worst part of the divorce. The other 90% of children don’t have anyone. A divorce can affect a child in many ways. For example‚ their grades could drop drastically or they can be very unpleasant to be around. Each child is affected differently
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them? Most people do not realize how a divorce affects the lives‚ mental stability‚ and emotional stability of a child. It is devastating to watch your childhood vanish in a puff of smoke. Things will never be the same for that child and their childhood will be depleted. Is it right to willingly put an innocent child through a divorce‚ knowing that it is most likely going to give that child emotional and mental issues for the rest of their lives? Marriage is a bond that two people enter together. They
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Unjustifiable Acts in Child Custody Cases Messy child custody cases are seen all to often. Child custody cases can never be clean and pretty but the losing parent should not be able to justify rude comments‚ violent outbursts‚ attempted lawsuits‚ or lies by saying they were only trying to get what is best for their child. Parents only think selfishly when they try to get custody and will do whatever it takes to win custody battles. Many times it’s not the parents decision to make and the way kids
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Berating the other parent in front of the child is another way of placing the child in an unfair position‚ which in essence is expecting the child to choose between the parents. Any form of parental conflict‚ no matter to what degree‚ lends to a difficult adjustment period for children involved. Most
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to have a child to complete their family. Due to age and health factors‚ the women decided that Mary would become pregnant using an anonymous sperm donor. During the pregnancy‚ Martha supported Mary and attended birthing and parenting classes with her. When the child was born‚ both women were listed on the birth certificate. They sent out birth announcements to friends that listed both women as the child’s mother. Because they lived in Florida‚ Martha was unable to adopt the child formally‚ but
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divorce or to even the worst cases of murder. Sometimes these scenarios can cause a party to feel that they are being treated unfairly. For instance‚ if we look at the data of division of custody for children of divorced parents‚ we see a 85 percent bias towards the female party receiving custody of the child‚ which can cause the father figure to feel that life and marriage were not fair to him‚ resulting in a lack of faith towards fairness as a whole. If employees are treated fairly at work then
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LAW MOVIE REVIEW/research project At the end of these instructions is a list of just a few of the hundreds of law-related movies that are available on the market. You are free to use any law-related movie you like (with TWO EXCEPTIONS - Double Jeopardy is NOT acceptable‚ because Hollywood got the legal issue completely wrong; and A Few Good Men is limited to military law‚ so not really helpful for the general population). (up to 50 points) PRINT YOUR NAME: _________________________ NAME OF MOVIE:
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