DANNY FULLER

D.A.D.S. is a group dedicated to help provide support, advice, resources, and a comfortable place for those on the receiving end of parental alienation. Members of our group span various continents and have joined the campaign with one goal, and that goal is to make the voices of the children be heard! Our goal is to change a system that has not been updated to reflect the changing times and to bring hope to families

“Parental Alienation” refers to the unwarranted or unjustified rejection or fear of a parent by a child where there was previously a normal range relationship. The child’s response is a sign of psychological distress most usually arising from the conscious and unconscious behaviours of their parent or carer. Parental behaviours are often the expression of their own unresolved trauma or psychological distress, which often prevents them separating their emotional needs from those of their child. Parental Alienation is not specifically recognised as a form of child abuse in the UK. That means that children are placed at significant risk of emotional abuse and their rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child are not protected. Parental alienation is illegal in Brazil and is widely recognised in the US and Canada. High Court judgments are now being passed using the words ‘parental alienation’, but it is an expression still rarely heard in the lower courts where many legal professionals seem slow to acknowledge the phenomenon.