The Feminist Family Law Movement claims that abusive fathers often employ "Parental Alienation Syndrome" in family court. I've never doubted that such cases are possible, though they're not very uncommon. There have been several cases which the FFLM has made into cause celebres in recent years, including Genia Shockome, Sadia Loeliger, and Bridget Marks. In... »
My son had a relationship that resulted in a child a week after his 17th birthday. The mother of the child was 16. The baby girl was cared for in our home and my son's extended family more than half the time. The child is neglected by the mother. The relationship ended about two weeks after... »
One of the principle arguments of the mothers' advocates who seek to discredit Parental Alienation is to say that it has been "debunked" by professionals in the field. This is simply false. On Fox's Morning Show with Mike and Juliet last week Dr. Joy Silberg of the anti-father Leadership Council was asked if she believes that Parental... »
Glenn's E-Newsletter/Week in Review, September 30, 2008 In response to Alec Baldwin's media tour surrounding his new book about Parental Alienation, misguided women's groups have been pushing the notion that Parental; Alienation is a "batterers' tactic" and "junk science." I appeared on Fox's nationally-syndicated Morning Show with Mike and Juliet last Thursday to debate Geraldo Rivera and... »
Short version: Examiner columnist Gayle Trent uncritically quotes claims that Parental Alienation "has been repeatedly debunked by leading professional organizations" and is "junk science." This is dead wrong--Parental Alienation has not been debunked and is viewed as valid by many, many mental health professionals. It is also the life experience of hundreds of thousands of... »
From NBC4 in Columbus, Ohio's Will they still be there at Christmas? (9/29/08): Two men protesting for fathers’ custody rights say they will still be perched atop a crane if by Christmas Governor Ted Strickland and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger have not investigated the court system, which protestors said is biased against dads. Camped a top... »
Bill and Sam Sears, a father-son combo who have dealt with Parental Alienation, appeared on Fox's nationally-syndicated Morning Show with Mike and Juliet. Also on the show were Geraldo Rivera, Dr. Joy Silberg and myself. After Sam's divorce in 2001 he says his ex-wife alienated him from his son and his daughter. He was eventually reunited... »
I appeared on Fox's nationally-syndicated Morning Show with Mike and Juliet Thursday to debate Geraldo Rivera and Dr. Joy Silberg over the issue of Parental Alienation. Rivera puts the blame for post-divorce strife squarely on fathers. Silberg is Vice President of the Leadership Council, an organization which is in the forefront of fighting against fathers' access to... »
I was on the phone with a producer for one of the major networks the other day, and we started talking about how science is discovering that many human traits are inherent or genetic, as opposed to acquired. She said: "Yes, that's right, they're finding more and more things are genetically based, like greed and conservatism." She's... »
I've recently written a couple posts about why I no longer follow football--click here for one. Many football players are hobbled or even crippled at an early age. In a recent piece in Slate, former NFL player Michael Oriard explores the subject and lays out the magnitude of the problem. Oriard writes: either the league nor... »
A letter from a reader: Hello, my name is John and I have had a restraining order against me since January 7th. I've been homeless, living in shelters, bouncing from one friend's house to another. I have two small children who I adore and miss terribly. Their mother (who has cheated many times and was pregnant... »
The website www.exrants.com has some interesting rants from people about their exes, but the one below is more of a question than a rant, and I have to say I have mixed emotions about it. In Ex-husband wants to see kids with his other woman, one woman says: I live in England. I have separated from... »
This problem isn't the end of the world, though I do understand the family being upset over it. But on a larger level, what does this say about child support enforcement? If they can't correct a simple, obvious error like this after 10 damn years, what does this say about their ability to correct... »
ABC's 20/20 did a feature on Parental Alienation centering around Alec Baldwin last week--to learn more, see my recent blog post The 20/20 Special on Parental Alienation (Part I). I worked with several of the ABC producers on the show, providing background information, etc. One of the first questions the producers asked me was "Does... »
As a general rule I'm opposed to criminalizing victimless crimes such as drugs or prostitution, and a recent conversation with a friend further confirms my belief. Cary told me that he had recently been called to serve on a jury here in Los Angeles for the trial of a Latin American immigrant who was being... »
Michael, an Orange County, California reader, has been a hairdresser for 20 years and he says he's heard some incredible things from women in the hair salon where he works. He explains: I have heard these same things said over and over for years from women of all walks of life yet I’ve never really heard these... »
Sorry to be a cynic, but there are some radical feminists who reading this will say, "That doesn't mean she wasn't raped--it can be very difficult for women to decide to get away from their rapists..." From Rape Case Thrown Out When 'Victim' Sends Accused Cards, Love Letters in Prison (Associated Press, 9/20/08): A Winnipeg man... »
A common feminist/domestic violence establishment claim goes something like this--"a third of all women who are murdered are murdered by an intimate partner, whereas only 3% of men are murdered by an intimate partner." From this one would think that men are 11 times more likely to kill their wives as vice versa, or... »
If it's domestic violence and it's committed by a woman, it's not domestic violence. In stories of women attacking their husbands or boyfriends, it's rare for the media to use the term "domestic violence." From Woman faces charge after dishwashing dispute (Associated Press, 9/15/08): Police say a 20-year-old woman faces an aggravated assault charge after she bit... »
One of my readers is a lesbian social/noncustodial mother named Sarah. Sarah is a lesbian woman who, while in a committed relationship with her partner, agreed to have a child via artificial insemination from an anonymous donor. Her partner carried the child for them. As often happens in lesbian breakups, the biological mom has been... »
Feminists have a bad habit of conflating voluntary sexual relations with rape, and here we go again. The Family Violence Prevention Fund's new youth rape study claims that "Nearly One in Five Young Women Have Experienced Forced Intercourse." Sounds terrible, right? Except that much of what they call "forced intercourse" (i.e. rape) is not forced.... »
From Gary McCoy in Parade magazine. Thanks to Rick, a reader, for sending it. »
Many of you have asked me about the McCain/fathers' rights incident from last year. Below I reprint my blog post about the incident. John McCain Testily Dismisses Fathers' Rights at Iowa Town Hall Meeting Aspiring Republican presidential candidate John McCain contemptuously dismissed fathers' concerns over family law at a mid-day town hall meeting in Cedar Falls,... »
"he laws do not protect the kids and custodial parents. The laws protect the deadbeats. " quit his job as a paramedic and job hopped for several years before deciding at the age of 40 to go back to school and 'pursue his dreams.' "I have begged, pleaded, yelled, cried, and done everything... »
"Since his vice presidential nomination, Joe Biden's 2007 statement that a 'guy who allegedly ... drank his lunch' and drove the truck that struck and killed his first wife and daughter has gained national media traction...since Barack Obama tapped Biden to be his running mate on Aug. 23, The New York Times, National Public... »
Glenn's E-Newsletter/Week in Review, September 23, 2008 The 20/20 Special on Parental Alienation "Mommy says we can all be together again if you go and get help. Mommy says you're sick." ABC's 20/20 did a feature on Parental Alienation centered around Alec Baldwin Friday evening. Producer Ketruah Gray's write-up of the show is Alec Baldwin on Divorce, Children... »
"Mommy says we can all be together again if you go and get help. Mommy says you're sick." ABC's 20/20 did a feature on Parental Alienation centered around Alec Baldwin Friday evening. Producer Ketruah Gray's write-up of the show is Alec Baldwin on Divorce, Children and Reconciliation (ABC, 9/19/08). A video excerpt of the show can be... »
As I mentioned a few days ago, Edmonton Sun columnist Mindy Jacobs wrote a pro-father column last week as a response to protests from our readers over her anti-father column When dad is just bad (9/10/08). Jacobs' original column reported that Rita Smith, executive director of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, charged that the... »
"I just kept thinking about her and how I was not going to leave her without a brother and her father in the same day -- not on my watch...It was the visual of her that kept me going." Kelly, a longtime reader who has an autistic son, sent me this touching father-son story. From Boy's... »
Last night my wife and I attended the 15-year-reunion for a Catholic School where I once taught. I??taught most of the attendees??World History as sophomores. It was quite a way-back machine. I remembered some names and I recognized some faces, but didn't do too well at connecting them. Still, many of the students remembered me... »
"Each day after school, I joined at his law office where I did my homework until he finished up. Once home, we convened in the kitchen where he cooked while I perched on a wooden stool peeling potatoes. We talked. "In that ritualized communion, I learned many useful lessons about the opposite sex.... »
I had an interesting conversation the other day with Phil Cook, author of Abused Men: The Hidden Side of Domestic Violence. A new, 10th anniversary edition of the book will be released later this year. When the book comes out I'll be discussing it here on this blog, but I thought I'd provide one early... »
Jay Leno's Tonight Show monologue from a few days ago had a few funny cracks about John McCain, Heather Mills, women & sex. I particularly liked the part about McCain's captors. To watch, click here. »
Black commentator SrgtWilliepete has some interesting opinions on the relationship between black men and black women in his recent commentary I Feel No Love From Black Women! His commentary is very one-sided, of course, but I can understand how he would feel that way. I think racial oppression has traditionally poisoned black men's relationship with... »
...oh, you already know... Thanks to Joel Johnston of www.WADVPress.org for the ad. To learn more about the problems with the way men are portrayed in advertising, click here. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video »
I taught my daughter how to play poker recently so she wanted to rent 21, a movie about a group of MIT students who join a gambling "team" organized by one of their professors. The team counts cards and uses mathematical methods to beat the Vegas casinos in blackjack. The main character is 21-year-old mathematical genius Ben... »
A reader recently sent me an email exchange between a couple of feminist activists concerning the Violence Against Women Act and its critics. Irene Weiser, Executive Director of Stop Family Violence, wrote: The FR groups are frothing mad over Biden’s selection as VP candidate and have stepped up their activism – Glenn Sacks and Mike... »
A short, sad letter from Donna, a new reader, about Parental Alienation. Donna writes: I am an adult survivor of PA & subsequent PAS. My father has lung cancer and a bleak prognosis. Thank you for helping me to understand this disorder. My time with my dad is limited. Keep talking...LOUDLY. Maybe someone will hear you... »
"The Superior Court had some horrifying things to say...the court determined that there was no evidence that a one-year-old child could bond with a Father, and stated that 'using bonding as the reason for denying relocation for sends a message that relocation for a child this age can never be an... »
I reported last week that Rita Smith, executive director of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, charged that the leaders of some fathers' rights groups are "abusers" in Mindy Jacobs' new Edmonton Sun column When dad is just bad (9/10/08). I suggested you write to Jacobs at mindy.jacobs@sunmedia.ca and the Edmonton Sun at mailbag@edmsun.com. Jacobs told me... »
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