Controversy In the past Warshak led Family Bridges workshops for alienated children and their parents and now studies the outcome of this program. Some professionals argue that children should not be forced to live with the rejected parent or be court ordered to participate in any program or therapy aimed at rebuilding their relationship with the rejected parent . Other professionals maintain that such requirements are both necessary and beneficial. Fidler, B. J. & Bala, N. (2010). Children Resisting Postseparation Contact with a Parent: Concepts, Controversies, and Conundrums Family Court Review P. 25. A few children who participated in such programs have complained about the experience. But according to a 2018 peer-reviewed study authored by Warshak, most workshop leaders, parents and children in the Family Bridges program reported positive experiences.Warshak, R. A. (2018). Reclaiming Parent–Child Relationships: Outcomes of Family Bridges with Alienated Children. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage. Five different measures completed by the children affirmed that most of the children had positive feelings about the experience and about the workshop leaders. But 8\% of the children rated the workshop as “poor,” whereas 75\% of the parents who participated in the workshop rated it as “excellent” and 25\% rated it as “good.” 
Controversy In the past Warshak led Family Bridges workshops for alienated children and their parents and now studies the outcome of this program. There is disagreement between professionals as to whether children should not be forced to live with the rejected parent or be court ordered to participate in any program or therapy aimed at rebuilding their relationship with the rejected parent , or whether such mandates may be beneficial. Fidler, B. J. & Bala, N. (2010). Children Resisting Postseparation Contact with a Parent: Concepts, Controversies, and Conundrums Family Court Review P. 25. Some children who participated programs associated with Warshak have complained about the experience. According to a 2018 peer-reviewed study authored by Warshak, most workshop leaders, parents and children in the Family Bridges program reported positive experiences.Warshak, R. A. (2018). Reclaiming Parent–Child Relationships: Outcomes of Family Bridges with Alienated Children. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage. Five different measures completed by the children affirmed that most of the children had positive feelings about the experience and about the workshop leaders. But 8\% of the children rated the workshop as “poor,” whereas 75\% of the parents who participated in the workshop rated it as “excellent” and 25\% rated it as “good.” Warshaks's conclusions have been challenged, both in relation to his claimed evidentiary basis for the Family Bridges program and his reliance upon before-and-after studies instead of controlled studies.
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