There are a number of ways children can be brainwashed. It is often accomplished by a parent or other trusted caregiver. The mind controller is a trusted, loved, and important person to the child. The child must agree with the mind controller because the child believes that to not do so might lose the support, love or acceptance of the mind controller . In the above example, the term Mind Controller may be replaced by the words mom, dad, grandmother, the elder, the teacher, or any other significant individual in the life of the child.
Parental alienation is one example.
In most cases, the psychopathology of the alienating parent is so severe as to turn the child against a parent with whom they had a heretofore good relationship. It must be pointed out that there is connected with this, the belief that it is for the best interest of the child. In most cases this is a irrational belief on the part of the alienating persons. False allegations of sexual abuse is another particularly devastating type of abuse. In some cases the parent truely believes that such abuse is going on.