When a child distances his or herself from a parent, parent alienation may not be to blame.
Sometimes parents may alienate themselves from a child by engaging in destructive, abusive,
harmful or hurtful behaviours. When a parent has behaved badly and does not take responsibility
for that behaviour, children may distance themselves from that parent. If a child does not want
to spend time with a parent, it is important for that parent to consider how they may have
contributed to the problem. However, sometimes parents jump to the conclusion that the other
parent is exclusively responsible for the rejection.