Rejected petition Make Parental Alienation illegal

Parental alienation is psychological & emotional abusive manipulation of a child into showing unwarranted fear, disrespect or hostility towards a parent. It occurs mainly in family separation or divorce. The main reason is that a parent wants to exclude another parent from the life of their child.

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“It’s undoubtedly a form of neglect or child abuse in terms of the impact it can have," - CEO CAFCASS Anthony Douglas (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/12/divorced-parents-pit-children-against-former-partners-guilty/)
"..alienated suffer serious psychological damage and it can take them many years to recover from the harm that is done to them. Chidlren are vulnerable to the persuasions of others and their brains are not fully formed for perspective and reasoning. - Karen Woodall expert

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/202278

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Date submitted 10 October 2017
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