Parental Alienation Conference--Red Cow Inn, 11am tomorrow

Klingon Hamlet

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A new support group for parents and children alienated from each other has called for 100 mothers or fathers affected by the problem to come forward.


PAS Ireland said it wants to carry out world leading research into the damage done by manipulative parents who abuse children by turning them against current or ex-partners.


The group, which will be addressed on Monday by family lawyer and Government child protection tsar Geoffrey Shannon, claimed children are severely damaged by the tactic.


Donnacha Murphy, PAS Ireland organiser, said it can happen within marriages as well as between separated or divorced couples.


"It is a psychological state that children suffer from when one parent is the target and manipulated," he said.


"Unless the syndrome is dealt with it becomes part of the child's lifestyle it manifests in their own life and they tend to treat their own children the same way.


"Children find it hard to trust, express themselves and stay in relationships. They tend to live in two different worlds."


The group, which is being formally launched on Monday, claims children end up psychologically damaged by one parent manipulating them and turning them against the other parent.


It is estimated children affected by the tactic on average miss out on 12 years of a relationship with a parent. A US study also claimed the syndrome is passed on from one generation to the next.


A conference to mark the launch of the PAS Ireland society is being held in the Red Cow Inn in Dublin on Monday and also to mark international parental alienation awareness day.

I had a "broken family" as the narrow-minded like to call it, but my parents were emotionally intelligent people who could set aside their differences for mine and my siblings' sake, and allowed us to love both of them equally in our own way, without their interference or sway. Many parents can do this. MAny cannot---parents who are married and living together can just as easily alienate their kids from the other parent, for a variety of selfish reasons.


It is to my mind another form of abuse. It has yet to be formally recognised in this country, despite there being an International Day for Parental Alienation today. I think there needs to be a lot more support for the victims and perpetrators of this selfish act. It would make everyone's lives easier. Possibly reduce the amount of family law cases (when differences of opinion may be settled in more civil circumstances than the rule of a judge). Probably help a generation of children and their children live happier, healthier lives too.

Irishhacker

I cannot find any current information about PAS Ireland.
What I did find is about Parental Alienation Awareness Association (PAAA). They seem to know someting. Please, any opinion?