While many in the feminist movement make claim that Parental Alienation is junk science and it simply is a defense for men who batter women, I believe this thought pattern to be based simply on the personal experience of those who initiate this view and narrow minded of those who have neither first hand experience or simply go along for the ride.

The fact of the matter is, Parental Alienation takes place every minute of every day in every city in this country. It is the result of the violation of the parental rights of one parent through the awarding of custody which takes away the Constitutional right of a person to parent his or her children. This is a right guaranteed under the XIV Amendment but violated on a daily basis by judges who either believe themselves to be above the Constitution or have forgotten what they learned in law school.

While these violations take place, the overall attitude of parents who have made children together, turn to dislike and or hatred of the other parent. This breeds concious acts by the parent awarded custody to hurt the other parent by turning children against the other parent for whatever reason.

There is generally no basis for the aforementioned activity other than the perpetuation of an advesarial relationship between what once were two individuals in love, by attorneys, court mediators, child support collection mechanisms and oh yes let us not forget the judges.

The relationship between parent and child is a sacred relationship and should be fostered at all cost by our family court system however, there is no profit when people are working together. Consequently, alienating a child from a parent by those who have been awarded custody and have more time and influence over the children, will destroy not only the parent child relationship during the formative years of children but it will inevitably surface within the children as maladjustments and poor peer choices.

Minister Ronald Smith