I have published a short note on The Relational Justice Project asking: what does relational injustice look like? Read about some examples of relational injustice at :https://substack.com/@alienatedtoo/note/c-290336920?r=3rl5f5&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web Dialogue In Growth readers who want to follow the development … [Read more...]
The Relational Justice Project: What alienation takes from children
The Relational Justice Project has now reached its third essay:This essay turns directly to the child. Debates about separated families are too often conducted as contests between adults, institutions, ideologies and legal categories. The child is invoked constantly, but not always understood relationally. Family Relationships are Social … [Read more...]
Introducing The Relational Justice Project
A New Direction Over the past several months, a particular line of work has taken clearer shape. Many of you will know me through Dialogue in Growth and my work on family relationships, post-separation harm, parental alienation, institutional failure, suicide prevention, and the social conditions that turn private suffering into public … [Read more...]
Open Letter to Ministers for Women
The Emergence of Ministers for Men is Not a Threat — It is a Test of Whether Gender Policy can Grow Up The emergence of ministers, envoys and shadow ministers for men should not be treated as a threat to women’s policy or competition for resources. It should be treated as a test of whether Australia’s gender-policy architecture is mature … [Read more...]
The Alienated Society Ends Here
Why Private Suffering Must Become Political Action A father recently left a comment on my website asking how any of my essays apply in the real world. What, he asked, can a father like him do to protect his children from what he experiences as systemic child trafficking? I would not use that phrase as my policy description. But I understand … [Read more...]
Open Letter to Aspiring Ministers for Men in Public Office
Before You Accept the Title, Understand the Job Australia is beginning to appoint ministers, envoys and shadow ministers for men. That could matter. It could also become another symbolic accommodation: a new title attached to old policy habits, a few grants, a men’s health campaign, a promise to get men talking, and no serious reckoning with … [Read more...]
Parental Alienation: Shaping the Future of Families
—and Policy must catch up Parental alienation (PA) is not just a private family dispute but a structural social phenomenon. It is actively reshaping family relationships, family narratives, and the future configuration of families. How is Parental Alienation a Problem? One parent uses PA behaviours (PABs) to manipulate a child into … [Read more...]
