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It's truly heartbreaking. I wish we could have helped to keep her and her son safe. It's more heartbreaking than she truly has no one to help her. No one she could trust. My heart goes out to her and I'm praying for you and your son. I pray that you continue to stay strong and brave and that you never stop protecting your baby boy. I pray that you feel the love and support from other women all across the world who are reading your story and supporting you. Your courage and bravery is beautiful, and I pray to be courageous like you. Your not alone.

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This poor mother. Both her and her son must be devastated.

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The story is so familiar but happened 20 yrs ago to me and my son. Things have not changed. God says vengeance is His and He will repay that is the only justice there is. The only reason I was not imprisoned (they tried hard) I was custodial when I went underground even though the amber false alert said I was non-custodial. Don't go to court, just plan wisely and go.

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Family court endangers children. Desperate mothers hide their children to keep them safe. Family court judges treat protective mothers as if they were criminals. Society often treats loving mothers like criminals. Women need good options available to protect their children. Systemic male entitlement dominates family court. Family court judges abuse their power. They must not have the power to harm children. Women must continue to fight for a new system. Family court must end.

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Family Court is Unconstitutional.

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As a Protective Mother myself, I'm heart-broken for this mother and small son. I wake-up every day of my life aware of how fortunate my daughter and I are to be one of the rare ones who escaped and survived. We ran from the US, eventually to New Zealand. Fortunately before NZ had signed The Hague Convention. The Family Court is a world-wide problem. If women want real equality, we must support each other. I was reported when in hiding in the US by a female "friend". Another woman tipped me off an FBI agent was sitting in front of our apartment waiting to arrest me. We escaped and fled to New Zealand. There, after a long battle, we were protected. No longer a safe place as they have now signed The Hague. We must band together to help every mother going through Family Court. The support we had from other women is why my daughter and I are still alive.

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In a country like Finland that is supposed to be happy and I assumed fair. The narrative of heirarchy must always have a victim. The routine idea that fathers are more capable has been around since the fifteenth century, at least, at that time, it was remarked upon. Also, I listened to an LRB podcast about women philosphers. They are almost always sponsored by a man, come from means, and the sponsorship always finds an end. This has been my experience. As long as you are part of a 'status' arrangement, you are free, or have some control of your children. Once you claim freedom, then it is anyone's guess, what is allowed to be alleged. Without evidence. In fact, with evidence to the contrary. See: https://kellywinsa.substack.com/p/social-bonds Also, in the podcast, in the LRB, Moderata Fonte, published in 1600. “an abuse that has been introduced into the world and that men have gradually translated into lore and custom so entrenched that they believe that which they have bullied into existence is actually a right.” https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/the-lrb-podcast/women-in-philosophy

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Children come from female bodies. Separating them against their will is abusive to both mom and child. This has a scientific basis in biology. Many men have children and do not even know. Children are a major medical and life altering experience for women and they are the primary attachment figures.

ALL women who disclose abuse are met with exploitation and victim blaming in Family Court. I am outraged and ready to do whatever it takes for us to start protecting each other and our children. Family Court must end.

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This is so heartbreaking. My prays and love to this poor family. The Hague must be remedied. This is heinous.

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