American Mothers Political Party: Richard Warshak's Mentor Richard A. Gardner's Opinion of Parental Alienation versus Child Sex Abuse; is this what

"If the mother has reacted to the abuse in a hysterical fashion, or used it as an excuse for a campaign of denigration of the father, then the therapist does well to try and 'sober her up'... Her hysterics... will contribute to the child's feeling that a heinous crime has been committed and will thereby lessen the likelihood of any kind of rapproachment with the father. One has to do everything possible to help her put the 'crime' in proper perspective. She has to be helped to appreciate that in most societies in the history of the world, [men having sex with children] was ubiquitous, and this is still the case." -- Richard A. Gardner, in True and False Accusations of Child Sex Abuse (1992), pp. 584-585

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Parental alienation theory is about shutting up and censoring victims of child abuse. "Having a relationship with the father" is posited as more important than avoiding child rape. More quotes from Richard Gardner, Richard Warshak's mentor. Yoshimisu Huffington asks: how many cats, do you think, actually have harmed infants, versus homo sapien males? And yet we cats aren't allowed in the nursery! More: Do children "need" two parents? Before applying "treatment" for parental alienation, doesn't it have to be established -- rather than assumed -- that the specific child in question actually is suffering a harm that needs to be addressed? Read more at huffington.posterous.com