How interesting. But the mediation before Court approach is nothing new. And a parent alleging domestic abuse may, of course, be telling the truth and so should not be labelled as giving rise to parental alienation. To do so discourages disclosure of abuse, something a young mother left with small children finds a monumental task. And again I see nothing to strengthen the position of grandparents - the family unit long utilised as the go-to child minders, bank of mum and dad, and most often the true bond and calming influence in their child’s marital disharmony. Grandparents appear still to be off the table - and should (God forbid) a young mother pass away leaving young children, the abusive father (not necessarily Dad) can easily take the children and forever deny the grandparents all contact until the child is 18 by which time that valuable grandparental bond is long lost. I know personally, not professionally, of two such real life examples and it’s heart breaking for the abusive father to treat the children as pawns often to deny the grandparents just because they naturally supported their daughter...
How interesting. But the mediation before Court approach is nothing new. And a parent alleging domestic abuse may, of course, be telling the truth and so should not be labelled as giving rise to parental alienation. To do so discourages disclosure of abuse, something a young mother left with small children finds a monumental task. And again I see nothing to strengthen the position of grandparents - the family unit long utilised as the go-to child minders, bank of mum and dad, and most often the true bond and calming influence in their child’s marital disharmony. Grandparents appear still to be off the table - and should (God forbid) a young mother pass away leaving young children, the abusive father (not necessarily Dad) can easily take the children and forever deny the grandparents all contact until the child is 18 by which time that valuable grandparental bond is long lost. I know personally, not professionally, of two such real life examples and it’s heart breaking for the abusive father to treat the children as pawns often to deny the grandparents just because they naturally supported their daughter...