This is about parental abduction and parental alienation (PAS). It was written to expose the flaws and loopholes in the Hague Convention and the dramatic rise in parental abduction in the last 10 years. This book exposes the phenomenon of PAS which is too poorly recognized in the family courts today. It is devastating the lives of young children and target parents. These affects often are long-term on the children which extends into adulthood. It is about the injustices that are endemic in the family law system which involve judges, lawyers, psychologists and court appointed therapists. It shows how the legal system is fundamentally flawed and the costs of all this are crippling. There is no Legal Aid for this and often victims dragged into such barbaric custody cases simply can't afford it and may never see their children again or at least for many years. I was only allowed to see my children for a few hours over the years under the most harrowing of circumstances with the supervision of a therapist in an office. The book mentions reference books of the late Dr Richard Gardner, Dr Doug Darnall, Dr Richard Warshak, Dr Terrence Campbell, Pamela Richardson, Lady Catherine Meyer, Alec Baldwin, Dr Amy Baker, Robert D Hare Phd and Stanley ClawarPhD/Brynne Rivlin.MSS The book has reviews on Amazon.com USA and Amazon.co.uk and the Forward is written by Dr Ludwig Lowenstein the most esteemed expert on PAS in the UK who highly recommends the book and thinks it should be put before the judiciary to enlighten them. To quote. The two reviews on Amazon.com: 5 STARS... 'I LOVE THIS BOOK IT IS SUCH A SAD STORY BUT I DO GIVE IT 5 STARS' by Dr Amy Baker It is hard to say I love this book but I do give it 5 stars. As anyone who has read my books knows, I am very interested in true stories about alienation, having written books on true stories of adults who were alienated as children (Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome) and a book based on true stories of parents currently alienated from their children (Surviving Parental Alienation). I have heard many tragic stories and will add this one to the list of other well-written memiors written from the perspective of a targeted parent. This story shows as many other stories of alienation do, how unenlighted and incompetent legal and mental health professionals can do real damage to the lives of famlies and children affected by alienation. It is maddening and heartbreaking to see how the alienating parent are supported by the system designed to protect children. There is obviously much work to do to protect this very serious form of child abuse. 5 STARS: STUDENTS OF PSYCHOLOGY & LAW, READ THIS BOOK!! by Dr William Bernet Pamela Roche sent her two young sons to spend a Christmas vacation with their father and they did not return. It is easy to see the subsequent events were maddening, and endlessly depressing for Ms Roche. One of the messages of this book is we need to educate mental health and legal professionals in the US and other countries about PAS. This book would be an excellent assignment for student psychologists, psychiatrists and lawyers . It explains step-by-step how the children's experience of PAS was created, perpertuated and then mishandled by therapists, psychologists, attorneys and judges. There are so far 12 other reviews on Amazon.co.uk one of which is written by Lady Catherine Meyer whose children were abducted by her ex to Germany. All these stories are truely harrowing and unbelievable that this can happen in this day and age. I wrote this book for one reason which is to raise public awareness about this insidious form of child abuse. I am not an aspiring author, I was just driven and compelled to get this story out there and I hope it will help others who may be going through a similar plight. This dirty little secret called PAS needs to be exposed and given more recognition. The story is set in the UK, New Mexico and Texas. Pamela Ro
Loin de son image de pin-up, Pamela raconte son histoire, celle d’un esprit libre qui rentre à la maison et se redécouvre à chaque tournant. Avec une prose vivante entrecoupée de poèmes, Pamela se confie sur les moments les plus extraordinaires et aussi les plus éprouvants de son incroyable histoire. Pamela Anderson, la naïade de la série TV Alerte à Malibu, était omniprésente dans les années 1990. Originaire de Vancouver, au Canada, Pamela a vécu une enfance difficile, durant laquelle elle a développé son amour profond pour la nature, peuplant son monde des animaux blessés du coin. En surmontant sa timidité naturelle et grâce à une imagination débordante, Pamela s’est finalement propulsée dans une vie de rêve, des plages de Malibu à la scène du Playboy Mansion. Au fur et à mesure que sa célébrité grandissait, elle s’est retrouvée dans les pages des tabloïds, à l’apogée d’une époque où les tactiques des paparazzi s’apparentaient à une véritable traque. « J’ai tendance à voir des diamants dans les morceaux de charbon de l’or dans le nickel. Je suis une alchimiste à attirer ces personnages fantastiques qui me détruisent systématiquement. »
Cooney's large body of work for adolescents defies easy classification. She has written award-winning adventure, suspense, romance, family, mystery, and historical fiction, as well as action-driven horror stories and a time-travel trilogy. Her purpose in some books, most notably horror like The Perfume, is just to encourage reluctant readers to enjoy literature. However, in her most serious and artistic books, Cooney relies on a source that is likely to surprise her readers: biblical stories and parables. For example, readers can find the seed of the idea that eventually became Whatever Happened to Janie in the story of King Solomon's wisdom when he was asked to decide which of two women, both of whom claimed to be mother of an infant, should be recognized as the true mother. The parable of the Good Samaritan provides a backdrop in several of Cooney's most successful novels. Cooney's understated use of biblical stories, and the way her Christian faith subtly informs her fiction, are explored in the book. The organization of the text reflects Cooney's major fiction categories: the "Janie" mysteries, romances, catastrophe novels, horror and suspense novels, the time travel trilogy, and her historical fiction. Representative books are discussed in detail within each chapter. Although most of the text is devoted to critical analysis of her literary work, and of the intersection of fiction and faith in her novels, Cooney's biography is also presented within the frame of her life as a single mother of grown children. The influences of her talents as an organist who played regularly for her church, the lessons she has learned from her children when they were teenagers, and life experiences that have led her to consider issues of race and gender, are examples of issues that are discussed. For children's and YA libraries and students of children's literature.
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