Please… a step up in solidarity in 2024! 

The last Newsletter asked people to sign a petition on parental alienation sponsored by a volunteer in MATCHmothers, Mothers Apart from Their Children - (LINK).

We had a message of thanks from that volunteer, but the number of additional signatures was… you guessed! 

Whatever your reservations, show more support please! 

MATCHmothers has the same aspirations as us. Children are entitled to a full and free relationship with both their parents unless there is sufficient reason for their exclusion. Yes, unlike us, they are only for mothers. 

Mothers have additional problems.  It is widely recognised that fathers (and their families) can be excluded from contact with their children without a good reason, but it is assumed that this simply does not apply to mothers.  

Not so. One of our branches had a mother who had left her baby in the charge of the father while she did a short, residential stint as part of professional training, all planned in advance - he took the opportunity and moved into new accommodation with another woman. They then blocked the child having a relationship with its mother. In the months the mother attended our meetings she made no more progress than the many fathers we see.  

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