Like Christmases past we at D.A.D.S and NAAP have done what we can to raise awareness about the abuse children and parents face behind family court doors.
But let’s not forget we are still parents on Christmas Day. And we made a stand outside the family courts to prove it.
Yes, we did just that. We gave up part of our Christmas Day to make a quiet dignified protest.
We call it the Kids Free Christmas – Not by Choice campaign. Mums, dads, grandparents and even a great grandmother joined us.
They helped highlight the effect parental alienation has on all family members. Children being denied contact with the absent parent is not all of the story. Christmas Day is normally a time of rejoicing and joy, forgiveness and togetherness.
Yet we see many parents close to the edge, numb, deflated, depressed, suicidal and suffering post traumatic stress disorder.
Here is a short video of Christmas Day outside courts in the UK Australia and Canada.
We know how difficult it is for parents to be able to function because of what they are going through.
Heartbreak.
Many people will never even begin to imagine the pain and suffering, the hurt that absent parents face.
Contact denial is without doubt the worst thing any parent, grandparent or family member could ever go through.
Families broken destroyed
Fragile parents left slumped and deflated
Children to face a lifetime mental health
The words that a mum/grandmother once said to me still echo: “Everyday I miss my son. I will never see him again. He took his life but my life stopped too. I will never see my grandchildren, I will never be able to hold them. My life is a living hell. My son loved his children and that love and missing them took his life.”
Contact denial and family courts cause death by suicide.
Thank you Sophie David for putting this short clip together for us all.
Christmas 2020
Kids free christmas not by choice