MATCH - mothers apart from their children

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Abducted Children

Abusive Relationships

Adopted Children

Alienated Children

Parental Alienation

Wikipedia definition of Parental alienation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parental_alienation:
“Any behavior by a parent, a child’s mother or father, whether conscious or unconscious, that could create alienation in the relationship between a child and the other parent”.

It describes the alienating parent's or parents' conduct which induces parental alienation syndrome in children.” Wikipedia’s site gives examples of where PA is mentioned in law, e.g. “Lady Justice Hale (in Re K (Contact: Psychiatric Report) [1995] 2 FLR 432) stated:

‘It is my unhappy experience, borne out by other anecdotal evidence and confirmed by the Official Solicitor’s department that there seems to be an increasing number of cases coming before the family courts where contact between a young child and the absent parent has become bedevilled by stubborn opposition to contact being shown by the child which may, or may not, be evidence of some implacable hostility on the part of the other parent for good reason or for no reason at all.’“

Parental Alienation Syndrome

Definition of Parental Alienation Syndrome as coined by Dr. Richard Gardner in 1987: "A disturbance in which children are preoccupied with deprecation and criticism of a parent, denigration that is unjustified and/or exaggerated." Its symptoms describe the child's behaviours and attitude towards the targeted parent after the child has been effectively programmed and severely alienated from the targeted parent.”

As there is a great deal of information and controversy about Parental Alienation and Parental Alienation Syndrome, we suggest you type first one then the other into your search engine and research the two separately.

See these PAS-related links:

http://www.videojug.com/interview/parental-alienation

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/2002_41_mon_02.shtml

Falsely Accused

Family Support and Campaign Groups

Fostered Children

Government Departments & Statutory Organisations

Three new departments were set up by the Prime Minister on 28 June 2007, replacing the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) is

“responsible for improving the focus on all aspects of policy affecting children and young people...”

The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families The Rt Hon Ed Balls MP for Normanton

See the full ministerial and civil servants team on www.dfes.gov.uk and www.edballs.com Shadow Government Departments

Cafcass (Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service)

Cafcass was set up on 1st April 2001 under the provisions of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act which brought together the family court services previously provided by the Family Court Welfare Service, the Guardian ad Litem Service and the Childrens Division of the Official Solicitors Office.Cafcass is a non-departmental public body accountable to Ed Balls, MP, the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families in the Department forChildren, Schoolsand Families(DCSF).

Website: www.cafcass.gov.uk

Political Parties

The Conservative Party

Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools & Families: Michael Gove MP for Surrey Heath

Email: govem@parliament.uk
Website: www.michaelgove.com

Liberal Democrats

Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools & Families: David Laws, MP for Yeovil

Email: enquiries@yeovil-libdems.org.uk
Website: www.yeovil-libdems.org.uk/david.asp

Publications

by Sarah Hart, long-term MATCH Member, author and counsellor.
www.sarahhart.co.uk

Lost Children - A guide for seperating parents

Lost Children: A Guide for Separating Parents, by Penny Cross, MATCH Chair.

Putting Children First:
a handbook for separated parents
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