People Against Parental Alienation

Five years and four months.

That is how long these grandparents have lived without the laughter, hugs, birthdays, and memories of their grandchildren.

Grandparental alienation is a silent grief rarely spoken about.

It is watching childhood pass by through photographs, silence, and unanswered longing.

Children deserve the love, wisdom, traditions, and emotional security that grandparents bring into their lives.

And grandparents deserve the chance to love their grandchildren without conflict standing in the way.

On Grandparental Alienation Awareness Day, we remember every grandmother and grandfather carrying invisible heartbreak behind closed doors.

Because when a child is separated from loving grandparents, an entire generation of connection is lost.

🗓 14 June 2026
Grandparental Alienation Awareness Day

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The Invisible Victims: Children in Custody Battles

In this powerful session from the Ekam Nyaay Dialogue Mumbai, the discussion focuses on one of the most overlooked aspects of matrimonial and custody disputes, the emotional and psychological impact on children, the invisible victims caught in prolonged custody battles and parental conflict.

The panel brings together distinguished voices from the judiciary, social work, and child psychology to discuss the need for a more child-centric and balanced approach in custody disputes, while addressing the long-term trauma faced by children in adversarial family litigation.

Speakers:

Justice Roshan Dalvi - Former Judge, Bombay High Court

Dr. Rakesh Kapur - Founder, BambooTree Children's Foundation

Dr. Kusum Deshmukh - Assistant Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)

This session was organised as part of Ekam Nyaay Dialogue Mumbai under the theme:

"Balancing Justice: Protecting the Innocent while Empowering the Vulnerable.”

Watch the full discussion to understand:

1. The psychological impact of custody conflicts on children

2. and emotional trauma

3. Challenges within the system

4. The role of mediation and counselling

5. Need for child-sensitive legal reforms

The Invisible Victims: Children in Custody Battles | EKAM NYAAY DIALOGUE: MUMBAI In this powerful session from the Ekam Nyaay Dialogue Mumbai, the d...

The 2026 International Day of Families will be observed on Friday, May 15, 2026. This year's theme is “Families, Inequalities and Child Wellbeing.”

This theme highlights the importance of addressing inequalities within families and their impact on the wellbeing of children.

It serves as a reminder to focus on creating supportive environments for families to thrive.

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A system that defaults to giving one parent almost all of the control over the children in the event of a is highly detrimental to the child's well-being. We must do better by making a rebuttable presumption in every state.

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🚨 Parental Alienation, when successful, is legalized child theft.

Not because a child was unsafe.
Not because a parent disappeared.
But because manipulation was allowed to replace truth,
and silence was mistaken for justice.

When systems fail to protect a child’s bond with a loving parent,
the loss isn’t just emotional — it’s irreversible.

🧒 A child is taken without handcuffs.
👨‍👩‍👧 A parent is erased without due process.
⚖️ And the damage is sanctioned by delay, inaction, or indifference.

This is not a private family issue.
This is a children’s rights crisis.

💬 Do you agree that alienation should be treated as serious harm to children?
👇 Speak up. Awareness is the first step to accountability.

If you support a parent in alienating a child from the other parent…
If you fund legal battles meant to erase a parent…
If you sit quietly and say they’re “right” for keeping a child away…

Then this needs to be said clearly:

🚨 You are participating in child abuse.

Silence enables harm.
Money enables harm.
Validation enables harm.

Parental alienation doesn’t happen in isolation —
it survives because others justify it, excuse it, or look away.

A child’s bond with a loving parent is not collateral damage.
It is a fundamental right.

🧠 Supporting alienation is not loyalty.
💔 It is complicity.

💬 Do you agree that bystanders share responsibility?
👇 Speak up. This conversation matters.

It’s NOT co-parenting when one parent makes all the decisions
and expects the other to just comply.

That’s not collaboration.
That’s control.

Co-parenting means:
• shared responsibility
• mutual respect
• child-centred decisions
• two voices, not one

When unilateral choices replace dialogue, the child doesn’t get stability —
they get conflict disguised as structure.

💬 Question for parents & professionals:
Where do we draw the line between co-parenting and dictating?

👇 Drop your thoughts below — this conversation matters.