Ladies and gentlemen, grab your popcorn. Mark’s tragic tale of parental alienation is playing out daily on his personal stage—also known as Facebook. He posts, he laments, he hashtags. According to him, the boys’ mother and their stepfather are monsters: abusive, neglectful, unfit. He’s the noble, long-suffering father just trying to love his boys from a distance.

But here’s the plot twist that somehow never makes it into his posts:
Not once—literally not a single time—has Mark asked how his boys are actually doing.

Imagine that! A man so convinced his children are being abused… that he’s never bothered to ask anyone—anyone—about their condition. No inquiries to attorneys. No requests to the court. No outreach to the Guardian ad Litem. Not even a simple, “Hey, how’s my son doing with that life-threatening illness?” through Our Family Wizard, the court-approved communication platform.

Oh—and here’s a bonus scene for this drama: Liam broke his arm about 8 weeks ago. The boys’ mother and their stepfather even put an update for Mark in OFW so he would know. But Mark hasn’t read it… because he hasn’t even logged into OFW since June 17th—and in fact, he’s only logged in four times total since November of 2023. Apparently, reading a court-approved message about your child’s broken arm just doesn’t compete with posting cryptic memes about “parental alienation” and shadowy government conspiracies.

You’d think if you really believed your kids were suffering neglect, you might try something more proactive than posting selfies with captions about how you’re being kept away from them.

But Mark? No, no. He’s a pioneer of a new parenting movement I like to call “Parenting by Performance™”.
Why deal with the boring legal processes when you can just curate your suffering online for likes and sympathy?

The courts?
The lawyers?
Medical professionals?
Actual concern?

Nah. Who needs any of that when you have a smartphone and an audience ready to lap up your victim narrative?

To be fair, Mark doesn’t have the legal right to direct medical updates due to his own history—but what’s fascinating is that he’s never even tried to ask in the ways that remain open to him. His silence isn’t because he can’t ask—it’s because it doesn’t fit the narrative he’s selling.

So next time you see one of Mark’s posts about alienation and “parental abuse,” remember this:
His loudest accusations are paired with a total lack of real-life concern.

In the theater of Mark’s life, the show must go on—but thankfully, the audience is starting to notice that behind the curtain… there’s nothing there.

Curtain call. 🎭