When ‘New Fathers 4 Justice’ activists Archi Ssan and Steve Dawe came down from the arch at Hyde Park gate they we put in the police car with a few officers and got ferried to Mcdonalds, KFC and a newsagents for some fags for Archi Ssan.

It now appears that if you dial 999 you can now get an Ambulance, Fire Engine or Big Mac!!

Archi’s son RS was with them and has written his account of events below

On the fourth day Jean and Micheal came down, and Dad and Steve were going to, however due to the police not allowing any hot food up to the structure they decided to stay two more days!

Anyway on the last day, I arrived at the scene just after Midday and there was already quite a few people there from empowerment Mondays. Dad and Steve had been on 500/600 calories a…

We hear yesterday (26.08.14) the full extent of the heartbreaking story of children in Rotherham. A paedophile ring so vile and widespread in a relatively small areas that over 1400 children children (at current numbers) were subjected to horrific and longstanding sexual, emotional and physical abuse.  Although it would be more than right to concentrate on the effect upon these children, their families, friends etc … instead the failings on many levels of the child protective services is something that needs some urgent discussion over and above the condemnation of the failure to protect so many children.  

Rotherham has a population of roughly 250,000 and children between the ages of 10-17 account for about 25,000 of that population.  If the figures are correct, and I’m no statistician, the 1400 children would account for about 5% of the total population of children in the age range indicated in the report.  If the majority…

Believe it or not, as I was driving to work yesterday the topic of discussion was about the upcoming school year. In the Middle East we follow the American and British school terms so our school year starts in the September and over the next two week the majority of school will be opening their doors and before you know it (17 Fridays) it will be Christmas.. but that is a completely different topic of discussion all together. Schooling in Dubai is and always will be a contentious topic, mainly because it is generally a bun fight to get your kids registered (thankfully according to http://whichschooladvisor.com/ there are going to be nearly 8 new schools in Dubai alone opening this year) and then comes the fees…. if one had to do a comparison of Dubai school with South African school, school fees in Dubai exceed per year what some families yearly income are. Its…

The Hostage Metaphor for “Parental Alienation”
C.A. Childress, Psy.D. (2014)
The dynamics of attachment-based “parental alienation” can be highlighted through
the use of metaphors that capture and describe key aspects of the family processes and the
child’s experience. The two primary metaphors are the 1) the Hostage Metaphor, and 2)
the Computer Virus Metaphor.

http://drcachildress.org/asp/admin/getFile.asp?RID=93&TID=6&FN=pdf

THE Prime Minister had to endure a second interruption to his holiday on Sunday when a protester camped outside his holiday home and demanded the reform of family courts.

Bobby Smith, from London, used a loud-hailer to summon David Cameron from the house near Daymer Bay. Mr Smith, who is supported by the campaign group New Fathers 4 Justice and backed by fellow protester Carol Wheeler, said Mr Cameron did briefly step outside and talk to him: “He said I was spoiling his holiday, and then he stormed off back inside – but we’re going to stay here for as long as it takes.”

Mr Smith said police had sent a riot van, with 10 officers, to make sure they did not get too close to the Prime Minister. “On Monday they threatened to tow my car away,” he said, “and they’ve been threatening me with all kinds of things…