MIAMI, May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 25, parents all over the world came together for the sake of the children. The occasion: Parental Alienation Awareness Day (http://www.parental-alienation-awareness.com). Their cause: to advocate for children caught in the cycle of Parental Alienation (PA), a form of abuse where one parent pits the child against the other parent in a bitter power struggle.

Reports are coming in globally, indicating the first-ever Parental Alienation Awareness Day was a significant step toward protecting children of divorce from PA. Countries participating in Parental Alienation Awareness Day included the U.S., Canada, Australia, the U.K., Belgium, France, Brazil, Spain, Argentina, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Italy, Portugal, Japan, Denmark and Germany.

"People in these countries are committed to bringing awareness to the fact that PA is painful and destructive to children," explained Parental Alienation Awareness Day co-founder Robin Denison. "It is the attempt by one parent, through both overt and subtle behaviours, to manipulate a child and interfere with that child's warm and loving relationship with the other parent. We must no longer sit idly by while parents and children are being torn apart by this insidious form of abuse."

Fortunately, many groups and individuals mobilized on Parental Alienation Awareness Day to educate parents, teachers, child welfare workers, judges, law enforcement, therapists and others directly involved with children. In Maine, Governor John Balducci proclaimed April 25 Parental Alienation Awareness Day. Letters to the editor were published in newspapers throughout America. A quilt was dedicated to the cause of alienated grandparents in Canada. In Belgium, a group was organized to educate about Parental Alienation in the schools and establish a support group for victims of PA. Volunteers in New Zealand distributed PA awareness posters. In Brazil, the Association of Divorced Parents began writing a book about Parental Alienation.

Parents throughout the UK wrote letters about PA to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; many of the envelopes were posted with stamps bearing the likenesses of victims of PA and spousal abduction. Similar letters were written by parent victims of PA to officials including the Secretary of the Hague Conference in Holland, the European Parliament, Human Rights Bureau in Geneva, and judges worldwide. Parental Alienation and child abduction expert Harvey Shapiro conducted awareness workshops in Ontario and Miami. And the stories continue to flood Parental-Alienation-Awareness.com.

Denison and Parental Alienation Awareness Day co-founder Sarvy Emo are encouraged by the show of solidarity. "We were pleased and grateful to the many people who worked hard to make the day a success," stated Emo. "We will continue our campaign of awareness until every child can exercise his or her right to be loved by both parents."

Emo and Denison will next focus their energy on organizing a letter campaign between Mother's Day and Father's Day. To learn more about PA and Parental Alienation Awareness Day, visit http://www.parental-alienation-awareness.com.

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