OK - Today I have read hundreds of comments left by the thousands signing my petition. So, I am going to share them as an update but not until I share how I feel after having read about the sheer loss and pain of so many and how this impacts on children. 

I want to scream from the rooftops! I feel anger, restlessness, grief and to be quite frank, bloody annoyed (politely put) at the absence of a media debate! Come on BBC, LBC, Woman's Hour, ITV etc etc where are you? The  voices below deserve to be heard, as this is affecting the lives of millions of families and most importantly children, not only today but for future generations.

I'm signing because....... 

"My brother and his wife are facing this problem with their son having died recently- so they are now suffering a double loss thanks to their granddaughter’s mother."
 
"I missed many years with my grandparents due to an over controlling step-father and as a child there's not much you can do."
 
"I am also a grandmother with a broken heart who experiences alienation from my grandson. It is beyond my understanding why anyone would deny the unconditional love to their own child".
 
Having known people, I care about being unfairly shut out of their grandchildrens' lives, it has happened to us too. It doesn't feel fair to either children or grandparents".
 
I am a grandparent too, going through unbelievable hurt and trauma from being banned from seeing my baby granddaughter".
 
"I am in the same position. I have not seen my granddaughter since she was a few weeks old, and she is now 6 years old".
 
"I am a grandmother and not seeing my granddaughter would destroy both me and her!".
 
"I am a grandmother who has not seeing my grandchildren for 9 years".
 
"I’m signing because my grandchildren who were a very big part of our life are no longer allowed to see us. This was not their choice or doing, they loved us. They would have been wondering why on earth Grandma and Grampy no longer wanted anything to do with them".
 
"At last, I have been waiting a long time for this, as it stands grandparents have no rights to see their grandchildren but what’s even worse is that children have no rights to see their grandparents if they so wish. We are alienated from each other; it needs to stop and we need to have a voice".

"I miss my grandchildren very much and haven't seen them for 4 years. My granddaughter is 7 now, and my grandson is 4. I cannot see them as their other grandmother, who has custody, will not allow me and I cannot have access to them legally".

"My partner was refused access to his beloved grandchildren by his daughter who lived with a domineering husband".
 
"I haven't seen my 1st grandchild since his mum split with my son more than 10 years ago, neither has he seen his great grandparents who are now well into their 80s".
 
"I was denied access to my granddaughter 20 years ago. The pain it left was so sore".
 
"My grandchildren haven’t seen me in nearly 10 years and it’s not right".
 
"As a grandparent myself  I have been in the position of my grandchildren being withheld from me and it is heart-breaking".
 
"I have known some grandparents or a grandparent to be side-lined because their grandchildren have fallen foul of their parents’ changed circumstances".
 
"Because, I have witnessed the heartache caused to grandparents who are forced to miss out on their grandchildren".
 
"We have had this problem in the past and we felt completely let down by the law. Keep up the good fight!"

 
"I haven't been allowed to see my grandchildren for 3 years. My daughters won't even let the children's great-grandmother see them. The reasons change but it is so distressing".
 
"We haven’t been allowed to see three of our grandchildren for nearly 3 years now. We were so close, but their mother has indoctrinated the children to hate us and we’ve had nothing to do with our son’s break up".
 
"My friend is longing to see his grandchildren and is being denied this from his son due to reasons he is unaware of?"
 
"I  have a lovely 5 year old granddaughter who rarely sees me because of the breakdown in the relationship between my daughter ( who I love and care about). I miss Annabelle so much and she is obviously pleased to see me when we do meet. She is autistic and I know I can add quality to her life".
 
"It is a tragedy that Children's rights can be trampled on by a person who is responsible for their physical and psychological well being, and there is no Law against such behaviour".
 
"I’m signing because my ex-daughter in law has blocked me from seeing my granddaughter".
 
"As a grandparent being kept from having a relationship with one of my grandsons I feel very strongly about this cause".
 
"My grandson isn’t allowed to see me after his mum left my son".
 
"I am a grandparent and I’m a foster carer for some of my grandchildren.  I now have other grandchildren in care and I had daily contact with but have been denied access by their mum".
 
"I also have grandchildren that are prevented from seeing us, by their parents".
 
"Because I am a Grandad. The loss of seeing my grandchildren would be unbearable".
 
"SHAME on those who would use their children as a weapon against loving grandparents".
 
"I have friends that are denied access to their grandchildren and felt that they have rights too. And children miss out on grandparents’ input".

 
Our Grandchildren have not only been cut off from us Grandparents, but from their entire family on their father’s side Including Their 2 Eldest brothers from their father’s first marriage!
 

Please keep signing and leaving your comments as it is this voice that matters and will keep the issues alive and debated.