Understanding parental alienation
Parental alienation happens when a child is influenced to reject, fear, or distance themselves from one parent without a healthy or justified reason. This can create deep emotional confusion for the child and painful separation within the family. What should be a place of love, safety, and identity can become a place of tension, silence, and emotional division.
Why April 25 matters
While April has long been recognized as Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month, April 25 became known as Parental Alienation Awareness Day through the voices of parents and children who courageously shared their stories. This day was not established by one single federal act, but through growing awareness, advocacy, state-level proclamations, and local recognition. It became a way to bring attention to a painful issue that often remains hidden.
Breaking the silence
Awareness matters because many families suffer in silence. When people tell their stories, others begin to understand the emotional and psychological impact parental alienation can have on children and parents alike. Social media, public conversations, and community support help shine a light on what many have experienced privately. Awareness can lead to compassion, understanding, and needed change.
Protecting children and restoring families
It is our hope that family courts and communities will increasingly recognize parental alienation for what it is: a form of psychological harm that can deeply affect a child’s well-being. Children should never be caught in emotional warfare. They deserve truth, stability, love, and protection. Scripture reminds us of the importance of restoration: “He shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers” (Malachi 4:6). God’s design is healing, not division.
Resources and support
If you or someone you know is seeking more information, support, or advocacy resources related to parental alienation, the following organization may be helpful:
National Association of Parental Alienation Specialists
https://nationalassociationofparentalalienationspecialists.com/resources/
Declaration: I declare that truth will rise, healing will come, and the hearts of families will not remain broken forever. What has been wounded can be restored, and what has been silenced can be brought into the light.
Prayer: Lord God Almighty, we thank you for healing the breaches in relationships between parents and their children who have been estranged. As we bind division, we release unity and love. As we overcome confusion, we introduce wisdom and peace. As we alleviate pain, we bring supernatural relief. Thank you for protecting the emotional and psychological well-being of parents and children. May love increase, and every foe decrease. Thank you for straightening every crooked path in these families. Thank you for restoration, clarity, boundaries, honesty, and truth. Thank you for bringing down every high mountain. Thank you for the victory in Jesus’ name. Amen.
— Families of Victory believes in the power of healing, restoration, truth and as divine grace unfolds every family shall emerge in Victory