Mark your calendar for July 19th, we are having an all day Facebook Live event the book launch of Bridges to Hope, Overcoming the Trauma of Family Law Court. For one day only you can download the book on Kindle for just 99 cents. It will also be available in paperback. What is this...
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Mother’s Day, a day Hallmark intended for warm embraces and flowery sentiments, can be a brutal reminder of what’s lost for a targeted parent of parental alienation. When a child is abducted and alienated by the other parent, or by another caregiver such as a grandmother, aunt or uncle, every Mother’s Day is a...
Continue readingWhat Is Betrayal Trauma? many thanks to the original source article: verywellmind.com – 3 days ago What Is Betrayal Trauma? You may feel betrayed when someone hurts you or breaks your trust. However, the betrayal can be traumatic if it’s someone close to you, or someone you depend on to care for you. “This type...
Continue readingAnyone who is a parent of a school age child knows that to enroll the child in school requires a doctor’s visit got the proper vaccines. There are good reasons for this as children are notorious for getting sick after exposure to another child at school who is sick. The vaccines, though, tend to...
Continue readingI am going to divert off the usual from topic of it’s Almost Tuesday for a moment because I would like to share a love story that will amaze you, and make you all a true believer in fate. It was 2005, and almost a year after losing my son, I had returned to...
Continue readingI remember, before CPS came into my life, how we spent the holidays with my son. I didn’t lose him until he was 8 years old, so as the years progressed from his birth until then, I wanted the holidays to become bigger than life the older he got. The last year I had...
Continue readingSource: view original content here Some children don’t have loving homes that they can call their own. For whatever reason, the parents of these children are not able to provide for them and neither is their extended family. When this occurs, the child will be placed into the foster care system. More than 250,000...
Continue readingDuring this holiday season, It’s Almost Tuesday wishes the best in all things for children and their families. We wish there were no bad foster homes. We wish CPS had no over zealous case workers. We wish couples stayed happily married with no divorces. We wish there was no such thing as parental alienation...
Continue readingThis article from StepMom Magazine is too good to not re-post. In the arena of parental alienation, I have been doing my research into many areas, including blended families. One of the most common issues I see presented is the battle between a stepparent and the natural parent. This article has great insight, by Wednesday...
Continue readingI am going to focus my attention for a while on Parental Alienation Syndrome. I encourage comments and ideas from the readers. (From Wikipedia):Parental alienation syndrome was a term coined by child psychiatrist Richard A. Gardner. He defines Parental Alienation Syndrome as “a disorder that arises primarily in the context of child-custody disputes. Its primary manifestation...
Continue readingNovember is National Adoption Awareness Month and there are millions of children waiting for permanent homes in the United States. But beware, adopting a child may not be as easy of a process as one might think when going through the foster care system to find a child. It would seem like with such...
Continue readingSelf help techniques for my brothers and sisters out there also suffering from PTSD April 18, 2012 by Kellie Holly Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is primarily used as a treatment for PTSD. Discovered and developed by Francine Shapiro, Ph.D., EMDR uses eye movements, taps or tones to reprogram trauma victims’ thinking....
Continue readingThe following article is from a wonderful newsgroup moderated by Dr Sam Vaknin I subscribe to, which offers so many informative articles its hard for me to choose which to re-post. I have spent my fair share of time in the hospital due to a rare genetic blood disorder I inherited from my fathers...
Continue readingPTSD is treated by a variety of forms of psychotherapy (talk therapy) and pharmacotherapy (medication). There is no single best treatment, but some treatments appear to be quite promising, especially cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). CBT includes a number of diverse but related techniques such as cognitive restructuring, exposure therapy, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing...
Continue readingThis story is one that brought me to my knees in tears. Not only am I a dog lover, but I am also a survivor of domestic violence, and I had stayed in an abusive relationship (for nearly 5 years) because I could not find a shelter that would allow me to take my...
Continue readingAmerica’s child death shame Every five hours a child dies from abuse or neglect in the US. The latest government figures show an estimated 1,770 children were killed as a result of maltreatment in 2009. A recent congressional report concludes the real number could be nearer 2,500. In fact, America has the worst child...
Continue readingSource of Stories: PLAINTIFFS’ ORIGINAL COMPLAINT FOR INJUNCTIVE AND DECLARATORY RELIEF AND REQUEST FOR CLASS ACTION in the recent lawsuit filed on behalf of 12000 foster children in the State of Texas against Governor Rick Perry, Thomas Suehs, Executive Commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission of the State of Texas and Anne...
Continue readingMy Questionn is: What side effects did this drug have on the children and what long term risks will they possibly suffer? How was it not approved? Was it unsafe? Or just not tested? Shouldn’t they be compensated for the abuse they suffered by the child welfare system knowingly using them as test subjects? This...
Continue readingMy Questionn is: What side effects did this drug have on the children and what long term risks will they possibly suffer? How was it not approved? Was it unsafe? Or just not tested? Shouldn’t they be compensated for the abuse they suffered by the child welfare system knowingly using them as test subjects? This...
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