It’s the most insidious form of psychological child abuse happening behind closed doors of toxic families. It takes only one parent/primary caregiver to have either a diagnosed or undiagnosed personality disorder. Yes, it is truly a hidden psychological condition among affected parents in our society, running rampant. It creates chaos within those families and distorts the healthy psychological development of our children, perpetuating the mental disease. Indeed, this form of child psychological abuse, make no mistake, not only ruins the loving relationship between a healthy, loving parent and their child, but also gives undue power to the adult toxic parent in committing these crimes. Our justice system is only in its infancy in understanding this phenomenon. However, our body of psychological professionals are steadily growing in their acknowledgement of this deeply damaging phenomenon thanks to Craig Childress, Psy. D and his efforts in not only bringing this problem to light, but in providing clear structure and clear criteria for diagnosing, addressing head-on, and treating this otherwise hidden mechanism, within our court system.