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I care because the Federal Government and courts are allowing this family violence against me. My child is stolen no parent should have to prove to courts why they should need to see their child under 18. I also can't understand how a teenager child can make the own decision who to stay with if their mind isn't rational. This child is being abused by the abuser and the system.
Nicki supported: Parental alienating behaviours must be acknowledged in Australia as Child Abuse and Family ViolenceI haven't been allowed to see my son for 5 months. all because she is jealous of the relationship my son and I have. yet I still have to pay child support and yet apparently I'm the bad parent. this needs to change, just because parents don't get on shouldn't stop the relationship of the child with their parents
Dominic supported: Parental alienating behaviours must be acknowledged in Australia as Child Abuse and Family Violence3 children now have been aligned to the mother over 7 years. The mental toll on the children is psychological and emotional abuse on the children. It effects there self image, mental health and development like a brain injury. This need to stop. More government action is needed and seperate agency need to be developed to handel this phenomenon and get kids back on track sooner and avoid financially burderning and lengthy family courts.
Judd supported: Parental alienating behaviours must be acknowledged in Australia as Child Abuse and Family ViolenceParental Alienation is a circumstance I would not wish upon .y worst enemy, let alone the other biological parent of our child. Raising awareness and social license is key to changing Family Courts, and enacting meaningful legislation.
Basho supported: Parental alienating behaviours must be acknowledged in Australia as Child Abuse and Family ViolenceVictim of DV men needs support
Yusuf supported: Parental alienating behaviours must be acknowledged in Australia as Child Abuse and Family ViolenceImagine when you seperate and you are told they will make sure you never see your children again, that they would tell your children the adult reasons for seperation and you are driven to the point of emotionally overloaded and stupidly write how you feel only to have that turned on you. And allegations of dv unproven but all the system believes and runs to their aid. And then your children mimic the words your separated wife uses, when you cannot get any direct communication with your children, when you are not even allowed to see them in hospital when they are injured, to the extent that they won't even say what hospital they are in,when you ask for photos of them and denied by the other parent just told they don't want to. When stories are said, you can't even correct, denied contact. How do you get through to your kids that you love and care about them. The emotional impact on the children is not on their mind, it's a tool they use to attack you with. How do you prove it, parents both should be allowed to see their children and it should be law that both parents after seperation should have to ensure it happens. No question about it. Unless it's proven the child is in any danger physically or mentally, the onus should be on both parents.
Darren supported: Parental alienating behaviours must be acknowledged in Australia as Child Abuse and Family ViolenceAlienating children from a parent and extended families is nothing short of exploitation of children. Family Courts and mediators are contributing to mental heath issues for developing children as well as their alienated families. There is so much evidence based literature on this phenomenon but still this abuse of power continues.
Yvonne supported: Parental alienating behaviours must be acknowledged in Australia as Child Abuse and Family ViolenceI experienced alienation as a child, it destroyed my childhood, delayed my development, narrowed my opportunity, silenced my voice and impacted my life and mind in ways that could have been avoided if the system designed to protect me and my alienated parent worked.
Now a parent myself, I'm experiencing alienation from my child, experiencing the same broken system not as a child this time but as a parent, and the family legal system leaves me standing practically helpless in supporting and protecting my child. It's a heavy grief with life lasting impacts that no one should have to experience.
Stronger laws and protections against parental alienation is required as a matter of urgency.
Evelyn supported: Parental alienating behaviours must be acknowledged in Australia as Child Abuse and Family ViolenceFighting to protect the bond with your children is one of the bravest battles you’ll ever face — especially when others try to tear it apart. If you’ve experienced parental alienation, you understand this pain deeply. If not, be grateful. Never let bitterness or manipulation destroy the family you’re building with your children. Stand strong. Love louder. Your children will understand, even when others don’t.
The Family Law Courts of Australia are failing to protect children from parental alienation, enabling perpetrators to harm their children under the misconception that an ex-spouse is no longer a parent. Lawyers who are incentivised to charge hourly fees, rather than working toward meaningful outcomes, only fuel this abuse. Immediate reform is needed to prevent this injustice, protect children’s well-being, and ensure that legal professionals prioritise the best interests of families.
Henry supported: Parental alienating behaviours must be acknowledged in Australia as Child Abuse and Family ViolenceAs a parent and father, I have experienced first hand the serious impacts that psychological, emotional and coercive control behaviours have on our children.
For 15 years now, my children had been exposed to this type of abuse at the hands of their mother. As a father, not only has my parental responsibilities been obstructed, but my love, guidance and influence into the lives of my two children.
Sadly, the extended family have been denied a relationship with their children.
The ongoing coercive control is a deliberate act to hold the children back from reaching out, the mother at the very moment the children show any curiosity, interest voice or actions that would see them have a connection with their father and paternal family, is immediately, stopped by the mother through her manipulative, calculated and malice behaviour.
Children abused in this matter suffer serious psychological, emotional and social challenges. Their education and learning is impacted, their trust in others, and constantly living a life of fear and anxiety.
Sadly, the mother's actions have never been held to account, her abuse continues to this day unchallenged, Schools, institutions, organisations including the Department of Communities and Justice turn a blind eye to this abuse.
The Child Support Agency continues to fund the abusive parent, sadly many parents take their own lives out of disrepair and lack of any support whatsoever.
The Family Law system is completely broken, there is no justice for children abused in this manner, children and parents are suffering.
Psychological and emotional abuse of children is child abuse.
Coercive control of children is child abuse,
Parental alienation combines both psychological and emotional abuse of children together with coercive control, for all intents it destroys families, parents and children.
Its time to stand up to this abuse and call out abusers and those that support this behaviour who are also accessories to the fact.
Our schools must be placed on warning, Public, Catholic and Private - These types of abuse against children is child abuse, and some day as with historical sexual assult cases, Psychological, emotional and coercive abuse will follow the next "meToo" movement.
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