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Discover LudwigThe phrase "alienated child" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing family dynamics, psychological issues, or situations involving custody disputes where a child feels estranged from one parent.
Example: "The therapist noted that the alienated child struggled to maintain a relationship with their father after the divorce."
Alternatives: "estranged child" or "disconnected child".
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"It's a difficult journey into the psyche of an alienated child," says Miller.
"Review" 's tragic punch line is not really the worst outcome of Forrest's acts — the bloodshed, the alienated child — it's the moment he pulls himself together to deliver a rating.
Mr. Burton, the self-professed alienated child of a dysfunctional family in Burbank, Calif., who funneled his loneliness, pain and grief into drawing cartoons, has found fame, fortune and a beautiful companion (Helena Bonham Carter) by telling cinematic tales of sensitive misfits triumphing over, or succumbing to, a world of repressive mediocrity.
The father of one of the dead put the focus on gun laws, challenging a system which let Rodger, an angry, alienated child of privilege and divorce, legally buy two Sig Sauer P226s and a Glock 34 Long Slide from federally approved stores and register them in his name.
Eventually the scenes stretch out longer, as the seasons pass and Kemp kills time (though not the unflappable Grace) by baring his soul to his captive audience, discussing the brutal neglect of his childhood — he was an effeminate, alienated child with a malicious mother and a mentally disturbed father — and his bitter resentment of his aunt's failure to offer him any help.
An alienated child is not taught the open-hearted, wholesome reciprocity and mutuality that are the basis for a healthy loving relationship.
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Such representation issues will be crucial for the way that different tribes manage the return of children associated with fighting forces, alienated children from Khartoum, or the marriages of returned abducted girls.
Music education is alienating children by not reflecting contemporary genres and production methods, the report suggests.
The new channels, she said, with their Western drift, could alienate children from what she called "our social norms".
It seems a shame to risk alienating children and parents right at the start of their time in secondary school.
But in the end, the problem that the federation faces is that it risks alienating children from other states, costing it memberships.
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