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What's Wrong with this Film - Breaking the Silence: Children's Stories?

On October 20, 2003-2006, PBS and Connecticut Public Broadcasting aired a film called Breaking the Silence: Children's Stories, which has many parents and families concerned about the one-sidedness of the film that appears to have misguided facts about the family court system with respect to child custody. Specifically, Breaking the Silence attempts to misguide the nation by presenting a one-sided view of a very controversial subject, Parental Alienation Syndrome or PAS. The film goes further to draw and arrive at conclusions that are unsupported. Breaking the Silence is airing this month and is funded by the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation, the charity arm of the Mary Kay cosmetics company.

What's wrong with Breaking the Silence? One disturbing example is the newly revealed court findings, records and testimony show that show Sadia Loeliger -- portrayed as a heroic mom in the film, abused children under her care. A Tulare County Juvenile Court concluded in August of 1998 that Sadia Loeliger had committed eight counts of abuse, and adjudged both her daughters as dependents of the Juvenile Court. To learn more, click here.

Although it appears that there are many Woman's Organizations rallying together in support of the Breaking the Silence film and many Father's Rights groups opposing it, from my experience PAS is not a gender issue so much as it is a behavioral issue exhibited by both bitter mothers and fathers in the context of custody disputes. Any attempt to discredit the existence of parental alienation as a behavior in the context of custody disputes is not supported on any account. What I find most interesting is that an equal number if not more mothers have written to me about concerns of PAS in their custody situation as oppose to fathers. Nevertheless, parental alienation still remains to be an epidemic in the context of custody disputes in the family courts and this destructive behavior continues to be an assault on innocent children's mental and emotional well being to satisfy the emotional needs of a self-seeking and self-centered parent. To learn more about PAS, click here.

Irregardless of ones views or position on PAS, "Viewers Like You" have emailed and written PBS by the thousands to express your disappointment and concerns with this one-sided film questioning the Editorial Standards set forth by PBS on many accounts such as the following: Fairness, Accuracy, Objectivity, Balance, Responsiveness to the Public, Substance Over Technique, Editing, Publicity, Manipulatoin, Manipulation of the Audience