When Gardner heard Smith would play him in the movie, he was unsure about the casting.
Gardner says that his decision to write the book turned out to be a lot easier than writing it. As a kid, he shined shoes in front of a radio station in Augusta, Ga. Gardner, who testified in more than 400 child custody cases, maintained that children who suffered from parental alienation syndrome had been indoctrinated by a vindictive parent and obsessively denigrated the other parent without cause. In severe cases, he recommended that courts remove children from the homes of the alienating parents and place them in the custody of the parents accused of abuse. When Gardner heard Smith would play him in the movie, he was unsure about the casting.
For a year he pushed his boy around in a rickety stroller that also contained their worldly goods. He has not been court appointed to do anything for decades. Soul singer James Brown used to tell his own Horatio Alger story.
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