A 20-Mile 'Walk of Love' Puts the Spotlight on Loving Parents Whose Bond With Their Children Has Been Broken by Others

MIAMI, Aug.8 - On July 30th, Parental Alienation Awareness (http://www.parental-alienation-awareness.com) and Three-Sides-To-Every-Story (http://www.three-sides-to-every-story.org/index.html) joined together on a 20-mile walk from Meriwether County Courthouse in Greenville, GA, to Troup County Courthouse in LaGrange, GA, to bring attention to the fact that loving parents and children were being denied access to each other as a result of interference by both individuals and family courts.

Members of Parental Alienation Awareness and Three-Sides-To-Every-Story walked from courthouse to courthouse carrying signs and banners and were escorted by local sheriff and police departments in both counties. People honked and waved, as they arrived at their destination where balloon-decorated booths were set up with information about Parental Alienation and the family court system.

Parental Alienation Awareness (http://www.parental-alienation-awareness.com ) is an organization that strives to educate the public and the professionals who work with children and families of the devastating effects of Parental Alienation (PA), Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS), and Hostile Aggressive Parenting (HAP). In 1994, approximately 2.4+million North Americans obtained divorces, including the parents of more than one children under 18. Parental Alienation is a psychological condition most often observed in children affected by high-conflict divorce. It is a result of one parent intentionally trying to hurt the other by using both overt and subtle tactics to interfere with that parent's bond with the children. Professionals disagree whether the term is Parental Alienation or Parental Alienation Syndrome;however, all agree that the problem exists and is damaging to children.

"Parental Alienation should be recognized as a form of mental and emotional child abuse," explained Sarvy Emo, co-founder of Parental Alienation Awareness. "For a parent who has been alienated from their child, the bereavement does not end," added Robin Denison, fellow co-founder.

Three-Sides-To-Every-Story is run by Georgia grandmother, Bessie Hudgins, who has not seen her three beautiful granddaughters in many years. Her son is a divorced father whose ex-wife made it very difficult for him to be with his children. With the help of the family law courts, this battle has been going on for 16 years in two states and has resulted in an illegal adoption by his ex-wife's new husband. "I am missing three pieces of my heart," says "Me-Ma" Bessie.

"If we can help just one family, it will have made the blisters on my feet all worthwhile," said Denison. "Family is everything. It is the only thing that really matters." Hudgins agreed.

To learn more about PA, PAS, and HAP, visit
http://www.parental-alienation-awareness.com

To learn more about a family's ongoing fight with the family court system to be able to reunite grandparents and grandchildren, visit
http://www.three-sides-to-every-story.org/index.html

Photo:
http://www.ereleases.com/pr/2006-ParentalAlienationAwareness.jpg

Contact:
Sarvy Emo
Tel: 416-840-5654
FAX: 866-232-8134