You don't answer my question about age. I can absolutely not fathom at which point of child psychology you disagree or if you simply aren't conversant with attachment theory. Or is your question not meant as nomothetically as it sounds? You baffle me, and I have no idea which sort of material ("data") you need. I was NOT talking about "kids who side with their parents" or "kids who put on a brave face". Additionally you seem to be talking about social services not intervening in cases of abuse. Did you notice that I was discussing HOW social services should intervene in cases of abuse? What do you know about bonding in childhood and adolescence?