Yes, I agree with that. I have a bit of a caveat, if I could take one second to mention it. There needs to be a distinction made between parental alienation allegations made against mothers and what we sometimes see from fathers, which is a real sabotage of children's relationships with their mothers, which itself is a form of family violence, so I think we need to keep a distinction between those two different types of practices. If we can do that, then, yes, I think parental alienation arguments should not be permitted in family courts.
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