Being a protective parent who is experiencing alienating behaviors is like being in the twilight zone… your children, whom you previously had a positive relationship with, become withdrawn, angry, critical, oppositional, and aggressive towards you. You know they’re just trying to survive, to stay in the narcissistic parent’s good graces. They become his little soldiers. The kids are in a double-bind, and must wake up each day and make a horrible decision on which parent to align with. I wouldn’t wish this h*** on my worst enemy.