Custody disputes should be resolved by determining which parent is more fit to care for the child while addressing parental misconduct.
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Jim claims that Pam is mentally unfit to have custody of their daughter and he should be the one to have full custody.
“Pam is mentally unstable. Pam shouldn't be allowed to be around children at all.”
Dr. Phil · Apr 2025 · 1 episode · 289K views on this topicPam argues that Jim is abusive and should not have sole custody of their daughter.
“Pam says to fully understand why she does not want Jim to get sole custody of their daughter, she says, "You need to know how abusive he is."”
Dr. Phil · Apr 2025 · 1 episode · 289K views on this topicMiguel claims that he is unable to visit his daughter because her mother and grandmother threaten and obstruct his access.
“One of the main reasons I wasn't able to visit Ellie was because around March, Candace's mother had sent me some seriously nasty text messages telling me that under no circumstances, as long as my daughter is under her roof, that I will ever see my little girl.”
Dr. Phil · Jun 2026 · 1 episode · 121K views on this topicOne parent often intentionally manipulates children to reject the other parent, which constitutes a form of abuse that affects custody.
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The grandmother claims that the mother is intentionally turning the grandson against her through brainwashing.
“Rita claims that her daughter Lisa is alienating her from her 13-year-old grandson Cole and is brainwashing Cole to hate her.”
Dr. Phil · Jun 2025 · 1 episode · 711K views on this topicParental alienation is a form of child abuse that involves intentionally manipulating children to reject a previously loved parent.
“And parental alienation is is aka child abuse. It's also known as turning the children. It's an umbrella term um that details a series of actions, if you will, or behaviors with the malicious intent to have the children hate a once beloved parent.”
Triggernometry · Jan 2023 · 1 episode · 57K views on this topicDoug claims that Beverly is responsible for alienating herself from the children by failing to see them and exhibiting abusive behavior.
“Beverly alienates herself from her own children. She skips on even coming to see the children.”
Dr. Phil · Oct 2025 · 0 episodes · 0 views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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