Good Egg Safety Releases Report Following One-Year Study Into Parental Alienation, Revealing Disturbing Trends

LONDON, June 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- An alarming new study into the alienation of safe parents and wider family members from children's lives has been launched today by Good Egg Safety.

The report lays bare for the first time the devastation, financial ruin, and mental health issues many have suffered as a result, which are not widely known due to the secrecy of UK Family Court procedure.

Key findings from the survey were:

• Almost half of respondents have not seen their child for more than six months.
• 1 in 10 have not seen their child for more than 5 years.
• 58% have had their child arrangement orders breached, most multiple times.
• 80% have experienced adverse health impacts.
• 55% have suffered serious financial impact.
• 16 respondents had contemplated or attempted suicide.

Jan James, CEO of Good Egg Safety CIC, said:

"We challenge anyone to read this report and not feel deeply moved by it. It is the worst social issue we have ever encountered. The harmful parental behaviours identified exposed a clear pattern of psychological abuse and coercive control.

"It is imperative this brutal form of family violence – where children are effectively used as weapons against one of their parents – be included within our new Domestic Abuse Bill."

Examples of abuse included:

1. Repeated denigration and devaluing of the victim mothers and fathers.
2. Isolating children from their mothers or fathers and their wider family.
3. Causing financial hardship – where victim parents were forced to attend court to get to see their own children.
4. Interfering with parental responsibility.
5. Making false allegations of abuse, fitness to parent, substance abuse, or mental health difficulties.
6. Interfering constantly with child-parent time.
7. Destroying or disposing of gifts, mementos, photographs, and letters from the co-parent.
8. Burdening their child with angry or emotional outbursts to discourage visits.

After more than a year's research into this issue, Good Egg Safety found that children are losing safe mothers, fathers, grandparents, and wider family members without justification. It denies children their basic human right (UNCRC Article 9) to be loved, supported, and nurtured by both their parents and, inevitably, destroys their victim parent in the process. Research shows that any child who experiences the sudden or cumulative disruption of a previously strong parent-child attachment suffers grievously.