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"There Is No Presumption Of Innocence For Parents": Professor Sam Vaknin on the “No Contact” Trend
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February 10, 2026
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20:14Now PlayingMaureen Callahan is joined by Professor Sam Vaknin for a dark, unsettling conversation about parricide, the quiet psychological forces that can turn children against their parents, how the pressure to maintain the image of a perfect or successful family can lead children to erase themselves, how modeling parents can lead to replacing reality with resentment and fantasy. Vaknin explains how estrangement and “no contact” have become normalized, why parents describe the pain as annihilating, and how parents are increasingly presumed guilty by default. The discussion touches on entitlement, personality disorders, money, and grievance culture, reframes Hansel and Gretel as an early parricide story, and examines how, in cases of actual parricide, perpetrators often enter a dissociative blackout. Referencing cases like Nick Reiner for context, Maureen and Vaknin connect these patterns to a culture that excuses emotional cruelty and distorts victimhood, and more.
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