We Can't Abolish Parental Alienation by Doing Nothing

     If you are reading this, you are likely the victim of parental alienation or the psychological abuse of children from one parent against the other parent.  If you are reading this and are a victim, you already know that a parent withholding legal custody from or one who makes false allegations against the targeted parent is setting the stage for permanent damage to their child.  Parental alienation is a form of emotional child abuse and meets the criteria of a crime punishable by law, yet it isn't.
     There is no way to rid the world of this preventable abuse until these criminals and their actions are exposed.  There is no way of exposing them and alerting the judicial system that change must be made unless we continue to speak up.
     If you are a victim, ask yourself what you are doing to help this cause?  Are you teaching others about this debilitating offense to children?  Have you posted publicly what it is and how you've suffered?  Have you written a song, poem, or book about how it has affected you and your child/ren? Have you written letter to any congress members?  However you choose to advocate for these children, just do something, anything.  People haven't a clue that it exists yet everyone, everywhere knows that physical child abuse does.  This is no different, in fact the scars are deeper in many cases of psychological child abuse.
     I have written this blog entry to implore you to stand up against this cause and fight for these children.  If 50/50 custody was the law and parent who withhold visitation or make false allegations were given sanctions, parental alienation could become a crime of the past and so many children could be saved from a life of pain.  Clearly, this is not just a problem from which fathers suffer, mothers can be alienated, also.
     Today, http://www.dadsontheair.com.au/ aired our interview about my book, Protecting Emilie. This is an Australian radio program is distributed to 170 community radio stations in Australia.  Dads on the Air genuinely cares about the rights for fathers.  They are doing something.  They are also self-funded.  It take an act of love to labor this way.  If you want to change antiquated laws or even ways of thinking, it starts with an act of dedication.  Please think of how you can help these children and then DO it!