Where is the Innocence Project for Estranged Parents? The Verdict Was Never Mine to Carry
I heard the analogy the other day of being put on trial - this estrangement, parental alienation, ostracization. Seems apt to me. So, where's the innocence project for this? I think I'm seeing it emerge in the push back of individual parents and groups of parents whose voices are rising. If 30% of adults in the U.S. alone are estranged from a family member, it makes sense that these voices would arise with not just the capitulating advice of Joshua Coleman who in the nutshell says it doesn't matter if the accusations are true/false - apologize, make peace, walk on eggshells. Experience, my own and many other parents I know this is a fool's errand. The goal post will change and anything you falsely confess to will be used as further ammunition to persecute and prosecute. Be careful of being willing to do anything at any cost because it will harm you. I say to hell with it. This being put on trial for wanting respect and love after decades of giving those in spades and s...
