Odysseus and Telemachus (“Like one escaped from death.”)

After Odysseus had been away from his home in Ithaca for 20 years or so, Telemachus, who was an infant when Odysseus disappeared, set out to find him. Late in The Odyssey, Telemachus having followed Odysseus trail through many adventures, himself a decade away from home, returns as Athena advises Odysseus to show himself to … More Odysseus and Telemachus (“Like one escaped from death.”)

Studies (Again) Reveal Pathogenic Outcome for Children Taken Away from Daddy

“In our half-century of international research, we’ve not found any other class of experience that has as strong and consistent an effect on personality as does the experience of rejection — especially by parents in childhood,” says co-author Ronald Rohner, whose study appears in the journal Personality and Social Psychology Review. “In many instances, fathers … More Studies (Again) Reveal Pathogenic Outcome for Children Taken Away from Daddy

Takao Tanase: The Hague Convention and Japan’s Parent-Child Law

Gradually, common-sense and knowledgeable voices have been appearing within Japan that are able to articulate the harmfulness and legal deadlocks created by Japanese legalized kidnapping as a response to divorce.  It is a rare pleasure to be able to put forth here in English the words of one of those who have taken the  long-standing … More Takao Tanase: The Hague Convention and Japan’s Parent-Child Law

Come bug!

2 year anniversary of my honeyboy’s kidnapping. Not a word. Rui, I love you more than words can tell. Tell your mother to bring you home to Daddy. Returning a bug to the park