'Forever Searching'
is a global group whose whole purpose for existing is to raise awareness to individual child abductions throughout the world. Thanks to the power of the internet and to the sheer determination and passion of the group members who have come together from many different parts of the world - "Forever Searching" are able to target several countries simultaneously with their ongoing awareness campaign.
is a global group whose whole purpose for existing is to raise awareness to individual child abductions throughout the world. Thanks to the power of the internet and to the sheer determination and passion of the group members who have come together from many different parts of the world - "Forever Searching" are able to target several countries simultaneously with their ongoing awareness campaign.
Since the news of Madeleine McCann's abduction in Portugal in May 2007, group members have worked tirelessly, distributing thousands of posters displaying 4 year old Madeleine's face throughout the world. This story set off a chain reaction as members of "Forever Searching" became aware of other missing and forgotten children, and they set about raising awareness for all of them. Co-Founder Kathy Atkinson says "Any poster we send out could be the one that helps a child find their way home and knowing that makes it all worthwhile".
Kathy Atkinson is a woman who spends all her spare time searching for abducted children around the world. Here is what she says about parents (male or female) who abduct their own children....
How often has it been said:
"At least the child is with a parent, whats the problem?"
Just because a child has been abducted by a parent, does not make the abduction acceptable?
Lets take a few minutes and think of the child.................the innocent victim.
Torn away from a life that they know, ripped away from everything that was familiar to them. Torn from the family members they loved and felt secure with, from their routine, from their friends, down to the material goods that made them feel secure and grounded. Taken to a life of running and hiding.
What level of normality can a child who is the victim of parental abduction expect to have? What are these children told as to why they can no longer see their other parent and family members? Their mother or father is dead? That they are a bad person?
The emotional, psychological and physical impact on children is often so significant that family abduction is considered a form of child endangerment. Children who live through this type of abduction often suffer severe lifelong emotional and psychological damage.
An act of unconditional parental love or an act of supreme selfishness? The biggest motive for parental abduction is revenge, making this type of abduction one of the worse types to deal with. Its not about love - it's about power.
Most parents who find themselves having to deal with this type of abduction, possibly never imagined that something like this could happen to them. Most people assume that if a child is abducted, that its usually by strangers. Statistics reveal that parental abductions are much more common than stranger abductions.
Putting the emotive side of this issue aside, abduction is a CRIME, even if the child is your own. The parent who has taken the child has done so illegally and in the majority of these cases an arrest warrant will be in place.
If you started reading this with complacent thoughts around Parental Abduction, we hope your mind is now at least open to the realities.
The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre advises that in the absence of any evidence that a child has died, investigators and the public should continue to look for a living child. The International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC) also advises that the key to locating missing children is to keep awareness high, and the group are asking that the public make themselves aware of local cases and the ways in which children's profiles can be kept visible.
How often has it been said:
"At least the child is with a parent, whats the problem?"
Just because a child has been abducted by a parent, does not make the abduction acceptable?
Lets take a few minutes and think of the child.................the innocent victim.
Torn away from a life that they know, ripped away from everything that was familiar to them. Torn from the family members they loved and felt secure with, from their routine, from their friends, down to the material goods that made them feel secure and grounded. Taken to a life of running and hiding.
What level of normality can a child who is the victim of parental abduction expect to have? What are these children told as to why they can no longer see their other parent and family members? Their mother or father is dead? That they are a bad person?
The emotional, psychological and physical impact on children is often so significant that family abduction is considered a form of child endangerment. Children who live through this type of abduction often suffer severe lifelong emotional and psychological damage.
An act of unconditional parental love or an act of supreme selfishness? The biggest motive for parental abduction is revenge, making this type of abduction one of the worse types to deal with. Its not about love - it's about power.
Most parents who find themselves having to deal with this type of abduction, possibly never imagined that something like this could happen to them. Most people assume that if a child is abducted, that its usually by strangers. Statistics reveal that parental abductions are much more common than stranger abductions.
Putting the emotive side of this issue aside, abduction is a CRIME, even if the child is your own. The parent who has taken the child has done so illegally and in the majority of these cases an arrest warrant will be in place.
If you started reading this with complacent thoughts around Parental Abduction, we hope your mind is now at least open to the realities.
The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre advises that in the absence of any evidence that a child has died, investigators and the public should continue to look for a living child. The International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC) also advises that the key to locating missing children is to keep awareness high, and the group are asking that the public make themselves aware of local cases and the ways in which children's profiles can be kept visible.
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