To the Discussion on the Parental Alienation Syndrome

Overview

The authors recommend to use the correct translation of English „Parental Alienation Syndrom“ (PAS) as syndrom odcizeného rodiče. They summarize the extensive discussion concerning PAS and take up critical stance toward use of the notion of syndrome, towards attempts to take the problem of relationship of parents and child for medical diagnosis and before all to univocal recommendation to solve the problem by relocation of the child into the care of refused parent. The authors point to the fact that PAS is formulated as an instrument for solution of law suits and take critical stance to recommendation of law-suits as way of solution of situation of parents and chlidren. They see PAS as ideological concept serving to organizing of fathers suffering by lack of rewarding contact vith children and take critical stance to easy solution of intricate and often unsolvable situation.

Key words:
divorce, parental alienation syndrome, parental conflict, child visitation interference, parental litigation.