A mother who prohibits her daughter from seeing her father sometimes resorts to methods reminiscent of dog training. She doesn't just set conditions — she establishes a system of rewards and punishments to eradicate the girl's love for her father from her mind. The child becomes an object of manipulation. Her feelings, desires, and attachment are all subordinate to one goal: to make the daughter hate her father and voluntarily refuse to see him. This is cruel. This is not upbringing. This is breaking the psyche. What is "rigid dog training" in the context of parental conflict Dog training is a system of forming conditioned reflexes. In the case of a mother and daughter, the mechanism is simple: the girl is rewarded (with affection, gifts, permissions) when she says or does something against her father. And punished (with shouting, deprivation of phone, ignoring) when she shows interest in him or misses him. Over time, the girl develops a fear: any mention of her father = pain. She stops even thinking about him, because subconsciously she fears punishment. The mother may not realize that she is training her daughter. She thinks she is "raising", "protecting", or "teaching her to treat men properly". But in essence, it is emotional abuse that leaves scars for life. The girl loses the ability to trust her feelings. After all, if her sincere love for her father causes her mother's anger, then something is wrong with her. How does rigid dog training look in practice The mother may: require the daughter to repeat the phrase "Dad is bad, he abandoned us" every evening before bedtime. Punish her with silence for a week if she accidentally says "dad" in a conversation. Give gifts only after the daughter writes a letter to her father refusing to see him. Force the daughter to watch videos where the father is portrayed in a bad light (for example, recordings of arguments). Come up with tests: "If you love me, you won't go to see him". Deprive her of food or lock her i ... Read more