Taking names: A list of real problems with sex offenders Published 5:30 am, Sunday, August 20, 2006  JIM SHIELDS  

Excerpts "Problem: Parental Alienation Syndrome, or PAS, is used by unethical and immoral lawyers in custody cases to force children to live with their abusers."

"Solution: Demand that family court judges follow the guidelines established by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, which say that PAS has been so discredited by the scientific community that it should not be allowed to be used in custody cases. PAS was invented by Richard Gardner, a psychologist who committed suicide several years ago. The fulcrum upon which PAS is levered is Gardner's belief that child sexual abuse is very rare."

"According to Gardner, the only reason we hear so much about sexual abuse is that vindictive women so poison their children and brainwash them into making false allegations against the father that mom's home is toxic and the only remedy is instant removal of the child from the mother. This obnoxious tactic works in custody battles because it plays off the fact that everyone knows people behave poorly when they divorce. This is true, but there is absolutely no evidence that children can be brainwashed into making false claims of sexual abuse. Shields is executive director of Justice for Children Hard copy https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B54GIMT71CgbRXYtUTg2bzNtc00/view?usp=sharing