Equal Shared Parenting is Best for Children

A review of the best quality scientific research concludes that children do best when they spend roughly equal time (minimum 35%) living with each of their parents after separation, except when there is abuse or neglect (Neilson, 2018). doi.org/10.1080/105025…

Jan James discussing parental alienation on talk radio. facebook.com/10000879664231…

Are joint custody and shared parenting a child's right? Research on best interests of the child to maintain relationships with both parents enshrined in Convention on the Rights of the Child Article 9 - 3 & EU Charter of Fundamental Rights 2011 Article 24 phys.org/news/2018-10-j…

Why do children need shared parenting? This wonderful info-graphic shows the reasons. #SharedParenting

Boris Johnson: Deliberate disruption of a child's attachment bond with a safe parent is domestic abuse - Sign the Petition! chng.it/dSxtPK8K via @UKChange

Good news for children of separated parents during the UK lockdown: ’Where parents do not live in the same household, children under 18 can be moved between their parents’ homes’ gov.uk/government/pub…

My husband thinks this is REALLY funny.

Parental alienation exists and must be recognized for the damage that it inflicts, because the injury to the child is tantamount to child abuse psychologytoday.com/us/blog/inside…

@legalella @buffydragon Who is the expert?

This is welcome news. Protecting the public from incompetent and unaccountable expert witnesses in the Family Court is a positive step. ‘The standards cover several areas including: statutory registration or membership of appropriate professional bodies.’ judiciary.uk/related-office…

Guess what? “Children in joint physical custody report better psychosomatic health than children living mostly or only with one parent.“ Stockholm University study: door.si/wp-content/upl…

Forensic examination of bias in family courts theguardian.com/society/2020/m…

@soniasodha @guardian Denying the existence of Parental Alienation, against all the scientific research of the past 20 years, is like denying the existence of domestic abuse. It's an absurd position. And to portray PA as a gender issue is disingenuous. It's a child protection issue.

One of the most intrusive powers the state has is making decisions about where children live. There is growing evidence the system is biased against abused women and children, not fathers as is often claimed - me in @guardian theguardian.com/society/commen…

@drsue2014 Counsellor & psychotherapist are not 'protected titles' which means anyone with no training can legally claim to be one. I wonder how many people are aware of what accreditation by a professional body means. IMO this is a public education issue.

Should there be statutory regulation of counsellors & psychotherapists? IMO - yes. This would at least ensure minimum standards, ethical practice & some recourse when things go wrong. BBC News - Can anyone call themself a therapist or a counsellor? bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-512…

“Our research clearly shows that a strong relationship with both parents is important for children’s health. This should impact family policy” (Meland, 2020) psychcentral.com/news/2020/01/1…

Review of 54 studies on shared parenting finds that children in shared physical custody families—with the exception of situations where children need protection from an abusive or negligent parent—have better outcomes than children in sole physical custody ifstudies.org/blog/10-surpri…

If you work in the field of family breakdown and don't understand the serious damage parental alienation does to children; this short film with leading Child Psychologist Dr Sue Whitcombe CPsychol -an expert witness - helps clarify this. A must view youtu.be/K3gl9s_Jncs

Dr Sue Whitcombe, Chartered Psychologist and expert witness, discussing Parental Alienation youtu.be/K3gl9s_Jncs

We are delighted to be working with the legendary Erin Pizzey to raise awareness of the immense harm to children when they are denied time with a loving parent / grandparent when there are no legitimate safeguarding issues. #protectingchildrenmatters facebook.com/PAlienationuk/…

The Council of Europe @coe calls on all european states to "introduce into their laws the principle of shared residence following a separation, limiting any exceptions to cases of child abuse or neglect, or domestic violence": assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xr… (5.5.) #SharedParenting #PACE