Parental Alienation Awareness Day April 25th
Proclamation signed by Governor Haley Barbour
Contact info: Tawyna Maddox
228.627.0728 or 228.475.6398
splitntwo@yahoo.com
It’s killing the spirit of family everywhere.
The State of Mississippi proclaimed Friday, April 25th, 2008 as Parental Alienation Awareness Day. With awareness comes education and understanding, and the power to stop the abuse of innocent children caught in the crossfire of people they love. Mississippi unlike issues in the past has chosen to step forward and be a forerunner in this issue; being one of the top 10 states to recognize Parental Alienation Awareness Day.
Two-thirds of alienated children yearned for the absent parent, one half those with a profound intensity. The effects of Parental Alienation Syndrome [PAS] on a parent are very similar to the loss of a child due to accident or illness. The child experiences a great loss, the magnitude of which is akin to the death of a parent, grandparents and all the lost relatives and friends.
For the parent and child who have been alienated, the bereavement does not end. Understanding PAS and how to address it is critical if children are to enjoy the emotional benefits of loving, healthy relationships with both parents and their extended family members, to grow up with the ability to form loving and stable relationships with other adults.
Like a terminally fatal childhood disease, Parental Alienation rips the innocent child from one’s arms slowly. Parental alienation is a “silent” emotional killer. There are hundreds of thousands of children and parents affected by PAS. Ninety percent of high conflict divorces will show symptoms of PAS. Let’s keep children safe from the harmful side effects that are inherent with Parental Alienation. “I speak from the voice of experience as I am living through my own Katrina-like devastation of being alienated from my three children” says Tawyna Maddox, founder of www.splitntwo.com from Moss Point, Mississippi. “To be in your children’s memories tomorrow, you have to be in their lives today.”
Links:
www.splitntwo.com
www.overcomingparentalalienation.com
www.parental-alienation.com
www.paao-us.com
www.paawarenenss.org