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Pick Me Up, I'm Scared.

97. Parental Alienation Syndrome

Pick Me Up, I'm Scared.

Madeline Pendleton and David Roberts

Society & Culture

4.8724 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2024

⏱️ 167 minutes

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Summary

This week's episode is about parental alienation syndrome, the intersection of misogyny and grifting, and the worst man in the world Richard Gardner.

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SOURCES:

https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/AB2THZNBYWZPWYJ3HWYQ/full?target=10.1080%2F09649069.2020.1701941&

Gardner, R. (1998). The parental alienation syndrome: A guide for mental health and legal professionals. Cresskill, NJ: Creative Therapeutics, Inc.

https://www.familylawyersdw.com.au/how-to-recognise-the-17-signs-of-parental-alienation/

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23909317-true-and-false-accusations-of-child-sex-abuse?responsive=1&title=1

https://ncadv.org/STATISTICS

https://www.propublica.org/article/parental-alienation-and-its-use-in-family-court

https://www.propublica.org/article/both-parents-agree-child-is-being-harmed-who-will-courts-believe

https://law.justia.com/cases/colorado/supreme-court/2020/20sa87.html

https://www.propublica.org/article/parental-responsibility-evaluators-colorado

https://www.propublica.org/article/family-reunification-camps-kids-allege-more-abuse

https://www.propublica.org/article/parental-alienation-utah-livestream-siblings

https://www.propublica.org/article/parental-alienation-utah-livestream-judge

Nicholas M.C. Bala et al., Allegations of Child Abuse in the Context of Parental Separation: A Discussion Paper (Department of Justice, Canada, 2001)

https://scholarship.law.gwu.edu/faculty_publications/823/

https://grantwyeth.medium.com/the-facilitating-system-of-the-family-court-cf4ee5a3b30b

https://theconversation.com/parental-alienation-the-debunked-theory-that-women-lie-about-violence-is-still-used-in-court-125823

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15379418.2016.1217758?journalCode=wjcc20

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/parental-alienation-used-as-secret-weapon-in-custody-battles-says-expert-1.4663869

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0190740920321514

https://www.insider.com/parental-alienation-syndrome-father-alleged-child-abuse-win-custody-case-2023-5

https://www.forbes.com/sites/patriciafersch/2021/03/29/parental-alienation-as-a-defense-to-allegations-of-domestic-violence-and-allegations-of-child-sexual-abuse/?sh=2e8453e125c3

https://www.jstor.org/stable/25740351

https://scholarship.law.gwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1857&context=faculty_publications

https://www.jstor.org/stable/45395268

https://www.jstor.org/stable/25740420

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Pick Me Up, I'm scared. The podcast. I'm your host, Madeline. And I'm your co-host, David.

0:29.1

We're really working on the volume levels. I have been practicing in my bathroom. I really think

0:36.1

the culprit here is how shrill and grating my voice is.

0:38.3

I think I have an unnaturally low voice.

0:41.3

Remember we were at the bar a few weeks ago and that guy just kept being like,

0:44.3

your voice, why is it like that over and over?

0:48.3

No, I don't remember.

0:49.3

I think I like walked outside for a moment and it was just like,

0:52.3

so it sounds like your, why is your voice like

0:55.0

that over and over again?

0:56.2

Which I feel like now many people can have that feeling.

1:00.1

Oh, they can wonder why your voice is like that?

1:01.8

Yeah.

1:02.4

I would like to provide like a counterpoint, which is that I think that you're performing peak masculinity.

1:10.6

You're tall. I always do. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think you're performing peak masculinity. You're tall.

1:11.7

I always do.

1:12.6

I always do.

1:13.3

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

1:14.0

I think you're really thriving in your masculine form right now.

1:17.2

Oh.

1:17.7

The sheer masculine energy radiating from your deep voice.

1:22.1

That's, that's me.

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