Tag: Japanese Family Bar Aassociation;child abduction

What Are U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Assurances Worth to Abducted Children and their Parents?

July 7, 2012

What value should be placed on U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s assurances that the Department of State wants to help parents recover their kidnapped children in Japan? Judge this question for yourself. This is a link to recent public statements made by the U.S. Secretary of State, during a Washington “open house” event organized … More What Are U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Assurances Worth to Abducted Children and their Parents?

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

July 5, 2012

“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

June 16, 2012

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!

June 14, 2012

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