I want my Daddy

13/11/2025

03/11/2025

The bond between children and their grandparents is more than just a source of warmth and family stories, it may have profound effects on a child’s emotional and psychological development. Recent research has shown that children who maintain healthy, regular relationships with their grandparents are 30% less likely to experience depression. Beyond reducing the risk of mental health challenges, these relationships are associated with higher levels of empathy and lower levels of stress hormones, highlighting the critical role grandparents can play in nurturing well-rounded, emotionally resilient children.
Grandparents often provide a unique form of support that complements parenting. They offer stability, guidance, and unconditional affection, helping children feel secure and valued. Their presence introduces intergenerational wisdom, reinforcing life lessons that promote emotional intelligence and understanding. Children who see their grandparents regularly tend to develop stronger social skills, an increased capacity for empathy, and improved coping mechanisms for dealing with stress.
The connection between grandparent involvement and reduced stress levels is particularly compelling. Regular, positive interactions with grandparents can help lower cortisol, the body’s primary stress hormone, fostering both emotional and physical well-being. This biological response suggests that the benefits of close grandparent relationships go beyond psychology, they impact a child’s overall health, strengthening resilience to future challenges.
Moreover, these relationships provide children with a sense of continuity and belonging, connecting them to family history and cultural traditions. This rootedness contributes to their self-esteem and identity formation, reinforcing a secure foundation from which they can navigate the world confidently.
Grandparents’ influence is not only beneficial for children’s mental and emotional health but also creates meaningful experiences for the grandparents themselves. The mutual bond nurtures joy, purpose, and a sense of being valued, demonstrating that intergenerational relationships enrich lives on both sides.
This research underscores the importance of family connections in shaping healthier, happier, and more empathetic individuals. Encouraging children to spend time with grandparents is a simple yet profoundly impactful way to support emotional development and build stronger family networks.

29/10/2025

Supreme Court
Case BS-21907/2025-HJR

With a new decision on 22 September 2025, the Supreme Court in Denmark has affirmed that enforcement of visitation may take place via the child being collected — provided this is done in a gentle, professionally responsible and child-friendly manner, in respect of the child’s right to both parents and family life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

Respect for family life is a human right

The Supreme Court emphasises that enforced visitation must only be carried out if it is compatible with the child’s best interests, and that the collection of a child requires a careful assessment and presence of professionals. Thus the decision supports ECHR Article 8, which secures the right to family life and the state’s positive obligation to preserve and restore the relationship between child and parent.

“The Supreme Court sends a clear signal that Denmark protects the child’s relationship to both parents. The decision shows that the legal system must protect the child’s sense of security and respect the right to family life – precisely as human rights require,” says Chairman Jesper Lohse, World Parents Organization.

A further step in the fight against parental alienation

The decision follows the Danish legal reform in which parental alienation is now recognised as psychological violence against the child.

By emphasising the balance between the child’s security and parents’ rights, the Supreme Court strengthens the legal framework to counter parental alienation and ensure that the child does not lose contact with a good parent due to cooperation sabotage.

“When the Supreme Court specifies that enforcement of visitation may happen – with respect for the child – it becomes an important tool against parental alienation to protect the child. It shows that Denmark takes both children’s emotions and parents’ rights seriously,” says Jesper Lohse.

A more humane and professional system

The decision demonstrates that the judiciary, the Familieretshuset and the municipalities must work more closely together with child-welfare professionals in the ex*****on of visitation.

It aligns with the work for a humane, modern and professionally grounded family-law system, where children’s cases must be resolved in respect of the child and the entire family, rewarding good parenting. It is best for the child.

A Denmark at the front

With the decision, Denmark positions itself as one of the first countries in Europe to integrate the fight against parental alienation into judicial practice both legally and humanely.

It underscores a progressive development in family law, where the child’s welfare, human rights and equality between parents stand side by side.

From January 1st 2025 parental alienation shall be considered in all family court cases.
The law state urgent visitation within max. 4 weeks.
The law state full investigation within max. 4 month.
Parental alienation is psychological violence in line with other violence by criminal law.
Supervised and supported visitation can be made in any concern.
All Family Court House employees receive education in parental alienation.
A special children unit support the child, and all children has a contact person.
Collaboration and mediation classes and support are free for parents.
Nationwide support groups on parental alienation TakeIt have been initiated funded by government

Facts

Supreme Court decision BS-21907/2025-HJR
ECHR Article 8: The right to respect for private and family life
Parental alienation must have significance in Danish law as of 1 January 2025

28/10/2025

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24/10/2025

21/10/2025

POLITE REQUEST TO CHANNEL 4.

After your ridiculously one sided piece last week on the family court, our founder Simon Cobb along with other prominent PAPA representatives arrived at your headquarters today to discuss it.

Sadly your staff turned us away and refused to discuss the piece or explain why you didn’t even ask us to comment on it, given that we are the UK’s largest children’s rights organisation.

So we are now giving you the opportunity to kindly reach out and speak with us on creating a new piece that is more reflective of reality in the vast majority of cases.

You’ve chosen to create a piece that ignores the majority and focuses on the minority, which serves to minimise the issues millions of parents and children face on a daily basis.

We believe that all victims are important so we understand why you gave such victims a voice, however we fully expect you to also cover the more prominent aspects of family court.

We expect this to complement your existing piece, in the interest of balance, impartiality and giving ALL victims of abuse a voice.

We await your response.

PAPA ❤️♻️

16/10/2025

11/10/2025

At Eeny Meeny Miney Mo Foundation our mission is to reduce the impact of coercive control and psychological manipulation within families, especially when children are influenced against a safe parent or extended family. We build awareness, develop prevention strategies, and provide trauma informed resources to protect children’s psychological safety, promote healing, restore vital family bonds, and uphold each child’s autonomy and voice in decisions that affect them.

We achieve this by:

- Educating communities and professionals about abuse, including coercive control
- Providing tools to identify and interrupt harmful family dynamics early
- Advocating for trauma-informed reforms in legal, mental health, and social systems
- Supporting families with inclusive, culturally sensitive resources that respect children’s rights

10/10/2025

09/10/2025

What’s particularly striking in this commonly tragic case is the reported comment attributed to Barrister Charlotte Proudman describing it as “the worst parental alienation case” she had ever seen.

This stands in sharp contrast to previous public statements suggesting such cases are “rare” and to the position of organisations she works closely with, which have described parental alienation as “pseudo-science.”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4rx4p919vo?app-referrer=deep-link