Last exit to nothing as warring parents use coronavirus as weapon

Warring parents are said to be using coronavirus as a weapon to stop their estranged partners spending time with their children. 

On top of this, a leading campaigner has revealed how many parents are killing themselves because of parental alienation.

Andrew John Teague, from D.A.D.s and NAAP, said this: “I was up until 5am with suicidal members. Then later was told about another dad who had taken his life. I think we could have saved 300 people in the last four years, this dreadful.

“The courts across the world don’t want to admit there is parental alienation … we need to educate these people in power over what is happening and stop people being forced to feel so low about their relationships with their children that they go to these tragic lengths.

“I have spoken to well in excess of 100 members in the last year who have been suicidal and I know of many who have survived overdoses and self-medication with alcohol. And coronavirus has become a new weapon to push people over the edge with.”

Meanwhile, Prime Minster Boris Johnson‘s divorce lawyer stepped in to the arena after being consulted has recently been consulted over a case of PA, based on fears of coronavirus. 

A mother approached Neil Russell, a solicitor at the London law firm Seddons, saying that her children didn’t want to visit their father because they were afraid they could end up not being able to get back to their usual home..

Russell said: ‘I have been doing this for 30 years and I have not seen anything like it concerning money or children.

‘In many situations childcare arrangements may be precarious, and we have a catastrophic pandemic that is unsettling fragile working relationships between separated parents.

‘Where there is already distrust between parents, this virus inflates that distrust.’

Across in America, researchers claim that 22 million adults, and close to 4 million children, have been victimized PA and say that 47% of moderately to severely alienated parents had contemplated suicide within the past year.

Andrew told the heartbreaking dtory from last year when a 31-year-old mother had to be taken to hospital after what was feared to be a suicide attempt after years of battling to keep in contact with her children.

Andrew said: “A mum was rushed into hospital very lucky to be alive. She had to be revived. She has endured over four years fighting for her children
“How many more need to go through this? It’s hell on earth for any parent, grandparent and family members.

“And what happens now, because of coronavirus? People who are so depressed could also be victimised for wasting NHS time – or not be able to get taken to accident and emergency quickly enough. It is all very daunting.

Andrew said: “The awful thing is that many parents become alienated from their children because of manipulation and lies and because of the unfairness of it all and anxiety if it all they get depressed – and their depression is used against them by social workers in court to prove their not fit to be parents!”

“How many more parents must die before there is a change to the law?”

And the number of grandparents taking their own lives after being cut off from their grandchildren was highlighted by an MP some time ago.

Nigel Huddleston  said last year that at least ten people have killed themselves following family splits. Campaigners want the law changed so kids have a right to see their grandparents.

Mr Huddleston told MPs of the tragedies at a Westminster debate. Grandparents  have no real control over access  and growing numbers are turning to the courts for help. But for some the battle is just too much.

According to Stand Alone, a UK charity dedicated to providing support for those experiencing estranged relationships, is piloting a new project to support fathers who have been affected by domestic abuse.

The initiative launched n the Welwyn Hatfield District, Hertfordshire, will hold weekly meetings and online support giving men struggling with abuse, the chance to talk without judgement.

They say: “What many don’t realise is that one in six men in the UK will experience domestic abuse in his lifetime and of the two million cases, a third are male victims.

Last year, Project 84, a campaign aimed at raising awareness over suicide, recently staged 84 human sculptures in Central London,  representing the reality of the men who sadly take their lives each week.

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