What Are The Three Stages Of Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS)?
The three stages of Pas:
Children who are victims of PAS often go through different stages as they experience the depth
of the alienation.
Sometimes a parent can see the symptoms of
alienation, and possibly take measures to reduce the alienation. Understanding the
risk factors of alientation may also help a parent ward off
or prevent alienation.
Stage 1 - Mild
With the mild PAS parent, they may on the surface encourage involvement with the other parent, but their behavior typically
tries to give them a perceived advantage to the child as in I’m better then him or her.
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Stage 2 - Moderate
In the moderate PAS situation, the alienating parent will clearly interfere with the visitation of the other parent but on the surface
support the other parent’s involvement. There are cases where the child’s time is completely filled by socially accepted activities,
even enriching ones, but these of course prevent the child from being the other parent. When the other parent objects, well, he or
she must not really care about the child because they want to interfere with the child’s activities!
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Stage 3 - Severe
Finally, the severe PAS the children are brainwashed (Dr. Gardner stays away from that term), programmed and redirected away
from a parent they typically had a relationship with before. These children will frequently be vocal in telling anyone and everyone
that do not want to be with, see or even talk to that parent.
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