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Dear Alienated Mothers,
This day should be filled with joy and sharing memories with your children but for those of you alienated this is a very difficult day. If you’re on Facebook you will be seeing pics of families posting memories and sharing time with sons and daughters and this day becomes exceptionally hard for the alienated mom. Mainly those posting pics on Facebook have no understanding of why us mothers are alone today.
Parental Alienation is like a blister in the brain that festers after one parent decides to give up on the relationship. The action of leaving vastly consumes the other parent because of the abusive parent’s inability to reason or accept the breakage of the bond - essentially when you hear the term "abuse is a cycle" it truly is. Consumed with feeling alienated the parent left behind soon manifest their own selfish motives onto their own children including blaming and shaming the parent that simply couldn't deal with the abuse anymore. It’s not just alienation from a child but from teachers, school systems, doctors and law enforcement.
As children I am sure it was difficult watching your parents fight, I have to tell you that Domestic Violence was first identified in 1700's and my personal experience here in Boulder County tells me that we are not progressing nor applying adequate funding to help.
If you are an adult child that has decided to stop speaking to your mom, I like to introduce you to the other 25 million children in America whom have been vastly destroyed by our Family Court System. Please go to this link and watch the trailer https://erasingfamily.org.
For all you Mom's congrats on bringing a beautiful person into this world and nurturing that bond even when it's one way. Happy Mother's Day Beautiful Sister!
Sincerely,
Judi-Beth Atwood
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