Why Aren’t We Protecting Kids?

Our Family Courts are failing children and directly putting them in harm’s way.

An abusive parent is almost always given the right to 50/50 custody after the victim leaves.

We ask: Why don’t people leave? Well, one reason is: They stay to protect their children.

If you are a parent, would you be willing to send your child off with a known abuser?

If the victim speaks up - they are accused of ‘parental alienation’, told the child needs a relationship with their other (abusive) parent, sent off alone, without supervision, often to be controlled, manipulated, used, and mistreated by their abuser.

Why?

Why are we allowing this? Why are we not fighting for these children? Why are we comfortable as a society, using the legal system, to perpetuate harm to children, creating more trauma, and potentially lifelong mental, physical, emotional health concerns.

Here’s an example of the non-sensical real life scenarios happening: A police officer comes to the house, suggests the victim leave and seek an emergency protective order. The victim seeks an emergency protective order but is rejected by the judge. But seeking an EPO triggers a call to child services to investigate for abuse. They come to the house. If the victim stays in the abuse, the child is at risk of being taken away. If the victim says they will leave, child services drops the investigation. The couple separates, and now the child is forced, by law, to go with the abuser alone.

Are we protecting the child or the rights of the abuser?

Please make this make sense to me.

If you aren’t outraged, you should be. This is happening every day in our province and we need to do better. C