What are we doing to our children? The Children’s' Commissioner Anne Longfield, recently released the first report in fourteen years into children’s mental health and well-being. This report identified serious issues none of us can afford to ignore. It found that one in eight children in the UK -...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrlF4wmETV8 We commend and applaud Philip Davies MP for speaking truth and sanity into the new Domestic Abuse Bill, earlier this week. This included, among other things: 1. All victims of domestic abuse. There are almost 800,000 male victims of abuse. That's almost Wembley Stadium packed to capacity...
Truth. Something we were brought up to believe was important. Truth and integrity as solid foundations on which to build our lives. Something to instil into our children to guide them, like a shining beacon, through the challenges and rigours of life. When did 'truth' become so easy...
https://youtu.be/QHAXjJzd46M We believe it’s a scandal that children, precious and vulnerable, are prevented from maintaining close loving bonds with both parents and wider family post separation, by one parent determined to expunge the other parent from their child’s life. Children need secure attachments with both safe parents in order...
Life is precious. A gift to be treasured. None of us know how long we’re here for. Many of us struggle to find our own unique purpose and life mission. Each and every one of us has faced challenges along the way. Some much more extreme...
The pathogenic act of attempting to destroy a child's innate attachment bond with one of their safe parents, causes them immense psychological damage. In the confines of an alienating environment, the child is effectively a psychological hostage. They are unable to be their authentic free and beautiful...
As a passionate advocate for social justice, my lifetime career as a social campaigner and social marketer have afforded the privilege of working on many issues close to heart. Provided a platform to raise visibility, greater public understanding and social change. A cursory glance at...
I married Samara’s dad the previous January, and we navigated the waters of blending two families reasonably well. Samara had some significant mental health concerns, and managing social media and teenage dating was proving to be a challenge. Overall, though, our house was a happy...
Parental alienation is a form of domestic abuse. 'Coercive control' is an act or a pattern of acts of assault, threats, humiliation and intimidation or other abuse that is used to harm, punish, or frighten their victim (Women’s Aid). It is a particularly insidious form of...
Today my daughter turns 13. Today, I won't see my daughter. Again. Another year, another birthday missed. Today, a little girl in silent crisis will be forgotten, neglected and tossed aside by someone who should be her hero. She will reminisce of the times she could run free,...
