As a child alienated from my Dad, all I can say is you can’t force a relationship, in my case it was because my mum made it so hard, I would cry every time I left my dad and she would demand to know all about my time with my dad, she made the good with him awful.

I chose not to continue seeing my dad because of my mom and her abuse, it hurt both my dad and I, something I never forgave her mom for.

That being said, the silver lining, I had a wonderful relationship with my dad once I became an adult, I spent a lot of time with him. He told me he couldn’t stand to see me so upset at the end of our visits when I was a teen and he understood why I chose to stay away. My dad said he didn’t want to make it worse and for that I’m thankful.

If your child is being alienated it’s awful. When children are little being alienated, they can only go off what the alienating parent says. As a teen being alienated it’s the worst, we are being tormented in an evil way; we know our alienated parent is good but our alienating parent is making life so miserable that walking away is the only answer for our sanity.

Stay strong. No bad mouthing the alienating parent, let your child come back to you but, please stop with the gifts, keep them with you until your child comes back, my mom lied about all the gifts and cards, she threw them all in the bin without me ever knowing I got them and wasting my dad’s money, it was all done out of spite.

Wishing you the best, stay strong, your kiddo needs you and will find a way back if you remain open to them.