child manipulation – Coercive Control Consulting Institute https://www.coercivecontrolconsulting.com Mon, 03 Mar 2025 19:31:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.coercivecontrolconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/favicon-anOrganizedApproach-2024-06-withoutBird-150x150.png child manipulation – Coercive Control Consulting Institute https://www.coercivecontrolconsulting.com 32 32 How Protective Parents Can Maintain and Rebuild Connection – Part Three https://www.coercivecontrolconsulting.com/maintain-and-rebuild-connection/ Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.coercivecontrolconsulting.com/?p=713 Read more

]]> Coercive controllers work relentlessly to fracture a child’s attachment with the protective parent. Your job is to be just as intentional about preserving it. This means being the steady, safe presence they can return to when they are ready. Children in these situations are often confused. They hear one reality at the coercive controller’s home and experience another with you.

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]]> It’s one of the hardest things a protective parent can experience. Watching their child align with the person who has caused so much harm. It feels like betrayal. But in reality, it’s survival. Children do not have the cognitive or emotional capacity to recognize coercive control for what it is. Their developing brains are wired for attachment and protection, which means they will do…

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]]> “Coercive control is child abuse.” That statement may feel harsh to some, but not calling it what it is would be a lie. When a coercive controller manipulates and conditions a child, teaching them to distrust, fear, or reject their protective parent – it is abuse. It is a deeply insidious form of psychological warfare, and as a protective parent, you are on the front lines.

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]]> Your ex isn’t just being difficult… they are using your child to control you. This isn’t co-parenting. This is abuse. While they play the calm, collected parent in court, you’re left fighting for your child’s well-being, painted as the unstable one. Sound familiar? Coercive control is the underpinning of all abuse. It can be physically violent -it can be visible…

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