Suicide rate linked to custody issues, Parental Grief
Syndrome
Robert Palumbo Ph. D is a family psychologist. In
his letter to the United States Attorney General, John Ashcroft, about Parental Grief
Syndrome he points out how the family court system is constantly
failing parents - usually fathers
- who have become severely
distraught and potentially dangerous [to themselves or to others] because they
have been improperly separated from their children. There is overwhelming evidence of a strong inborn need
for parents, both men and women, to fight for their children, writes Robert Palumbo. He finds
that this is "creating environments conducive to domestic violence,
suicides and what may very well even become homicides in the near future."
The
frustrated situation that Robert
Palumbo describes in his letter to the US Attorney General is similar to that
which is experienced by parents in child care cases where the children
are taken into public care. Many parents become mentally ill, alcoholics,
drug-addicts or commit arson, suicide and even homicide. We find similar
destructive tendencies in the children who have been improperly separated from
their parents. Besides, they may develop Parental
alienation syndrome.
The
NCHR finds it therefore very important to present this letter to our readers.
Suicide
rate linked to custody issues, Parental Grief Syndrome
Legal system failing fathers,
judge says
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