“On Wednesday, April 25, some parents rights groups across the country and internationally commemorated Parental Alienation Awareness Day. The term refers to the unjustified and intentional alienation of a parent from a child’s life, likely by the other parent.

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…But according to advocates for victims of domestic violence and child abuse like Kathleen Russell, director of the Center for Judicial Excellence, parental alienation or parental alienation syndrome is “junk science because it has not been verified as legitimate science.”