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A Kidnapped Mind

A Mother's Heartbreaking Story of Parental Alienation Syndrome

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A Kidnapped Mind

By: Pamela Richardson
Narrated by: Julie Eickhoff
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How do we begin to describe our love for our children? Pamela Richardson shows us with her passionate memoir of life with and without her estranged son, Dash.

From age five Dash suffered Parental Alienation Syndrome at the hands of his father. Indoctrinated to believe his mother had abandoned him, after years of monitored phone calls and impeded access eight-year-old Dash decided he didn't want to be "forced" to visit her at all; later he told her he would never see her again if she took the case to court. But he didn't count on his indefatigable mother's fierce love. For eight more years Pamela battled Dash's father, the legal system, their psychologist, the school system, and Dash himself to try and protect her son - first from his father, then from himself.

A Kidnapped Mind is a heartrending and mesmerizing story of a Canadian mother's exile from and reunion with her child, through grief and beyond, to peace.

©2006 Pamela Richardson (P)2013 Audible, Inc. Children's Health Parenting & Families Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Relationships Emotionally Gripping Scary
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Divorce can be sad and confusing enough but when a parent puts their own feelings before the welfare of their child, even manipulating and lying to the child in order to hurt the other parent, things can take a turn for the tragic. This is the story of Dash, a boy who sadly suffered just such a situation. His mother, Pamela Richardson, recounts her son’s struggles and her own, in an attempt to expose what has been termed "Parental Alienation Syndrome" and to aid parents and family law professionals who may encounter it. Julie Eickoff gives a steady and heartfelt performance of the audiobook, elucidating the subject matter while being respectful of its unfortunately real and personal source.
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Possibly the most heartbreaking story I’ve ever listened to, poor Dash. Poor Pamela. There are no words for how heartbreaking this is. She literally tried everything she possibly could for her son. This should be read by all family lawyers and judges

Heartbreaking

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It's very hard to listen to what this Mum went through whilst trying to protect her son. A shocking story.

heart breaking

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This story broke my heart , mum so was so terribly let down by the courts and all the professional people who let her & son down. Absolutely tragic story.

Sad sad story

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Such a heartbreaking read to listen to, but such a needed story to be heard,

The Narrators voice felt very clinical but I did get used to it

Heartbreaking story

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The book went into too much detail on many occasions. It was informative and to this end, very useful.
It was a harrowing story as are all stories where one loses a child.
The writer, for me, spent too much time talking about herself and how the legal system had failed her. It was boring at times because of this. Nevertheless, as already mentioned, it was informative from a counselling viewpoint.

Good insight but very drawn out

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