A Family’s Heartbreak: A Parent’s Introduction to Parental Alienation

By Michael Jeffries and Dr. Joel Davies

A Family’s Heartbreak: A Parent’s Introduction to Parental Alienation, follows the story of Mike Jeffries and his family – wife Beth and sons Jared and Adam – as Mike realizes his post-divorce dream of co-parenting his children as they split their time between two households will bear little resemblance to a post-divorce reality consumed with trying to maintain a normal relationship with his 11-year old son Adam in the face of parental alienation.

ONCE IN BED, Beth and Adam huddled together as if they needed each other’s body heat to stay warm. I stood near the foot of the bed. Beth called me every name she could think of – liar, abuser, cheater, loser, trash, and bastard – and encouraged Adam to repeat everything she said. He did. When I told Adam not to talk to me that way Beth countered and said Adam could talk to me any way he wanted. Adam didn’t have to listen to me, she said. He didn’t ever have to talk to me again.

I told Adam over and over I loved him and that we’d work things out. Beth shouted over me – one filthy name after another. Every time I moved closer to Adam she threatened to call the police if I touched him.

Beth was doing a great job of destroying me in front of Adam. The only problem was she was also destroying Adam. The kid was torn beyond belief. The pain was etched on his face. At one point, I asked Beth to at least tell Adam that I was a good father. She refused.

During my next visit with my therapist, Dr. Joel Davies, we talked about that night.

A Family’s Heartbreak: A Parent’s Introduction to Parental Alienation by Michael Jeffires and Dr. Joel Davies. Published by A Family’s Heartbreak, LLC. http://www.afamilysheartbreak.com

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