Someday, my two boys will realize that their Dad loves them unconditionally and their mother played a significant role in keeping them from me by using Parent Alienation techniques.
NH like all states has Child Abuse Laws. There are also laws that mandate who has to report suspected abuse. These laws are great but they fail to consider Parent Alienation abuse. Below is a quick overview of the law.
New Hampshire
Code Section | 169-C:3, 169-C:29, et seq. |
What Constitutes Abuse | Sexual abuse, intentional physical injury, psychological injury such that child exhibits symptoms of emotional problems generally recognized to result from consistent mistreatment or neglect, or physical injury by other than nonaccidental means |
Mandatory Reporting Required By | Physician, surgeon, medical examiner, psychiatrist, optometrist, psychologist, therapist, nurse, dentist, chiropractor, hospital personnel, Christian Science practitioner, school teacher or official, social worker, day care worker, foster/child care worker, law enforcement official, priest, minister, rabbi, any other person |
Basis of Report of Abuse/neglect | Having reason to suspect that a child has been abused or neglected |
To Whom Reported | Department of Health and Human Services |
Penalty for Failure to Report or False Reporting | Knowing violation: misdemeanor |
Right now, Parent Alienation (PA) is not considered child abuse in NH. I am not sure if other states have made movements to make PA a form of abuse. I suspect some states have had movement to make it abuse or are in stages of defining PA as abuse. Because PA is not defined as child abuse in NH, there is no law requiring people to report it. That means that our children who go to school, church, the doctors office, etc, never receive the benefit of being rescued by the Alienating Parent.
We need to change the laws on PA. There are lots of studies that show that it’s real. Aside from studies, IT’S JUST PLAIN COMMON SENSE. Mess with a young person’s mind and they will have issues their whole life if not treated by years of counseling.
I hope that people will read my stories and learn from what has happened to me. I hope that any alienating parent that reads my blog will think twice about what they are doing to their children. Alienating a child from their parent may not immediately hurt as bad as hitting the child but someday the pain will be unbearable to them. How do I know? I am witnessing what it has already done to my children. Children need both parents. What will the cost of PA be to our children? One can only imagine. Some children will recover. Some will overcome it. Some will not. Some will be effected by PA their whole lives. Some I’m sure will even commit suicide because of it.
If you have children and you read this please do me a favor. Give them a hug for me and my boys and tell them that you love them. Don’t ever speak ill of their other parent in front of them or to friends and family who will repeat your words. No matter how much you may want to.
What about lawyers who actively facilitate the abuse? They're held to a standard of "law", that they so frequently disregard as though they never took the Bar exam, much less should be employed enforcing or litigating the "law".
ReplyDeleteAdd Cynthia P. Gilman of Manchester, NH to this list - she actively told her client to "not show for Christmas visitation" just yesterday afternoon. I think this puts her at the top (or at the bottom, which seems more appropriate) of the Shit List of Bad Lawyers. See the PCC complaint I published this morning; it's being notarized and mailed today, "just in time for Christmas."