MedicineNet posts an item on how teenagers manipulate their divorced parents (excerpt):
Withholding information from one parent to avoid punishment or to solidify a relationship with another parent. Children can gain an upper hand by controlling information flow because, following a separation or divorce, there is often reduced communication between parents.
Moving from one home to another. Children often move into the home of the parent who is less controlling. They do this to punish the other parent or to escape a situation they don’t like.
Cutting one parent completely out of the teen’s life. This allows the child to control when and where they have contact with that parent.
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