Fathers4Justice Father’s Day Press Summary
Ahead of Father’s Day 2017, F4J launched a range of Father’s Day “Reality Cards”, covertly placed onto retailers shelves by activists. F4J founder Matt O’Connor did a number of national interviews and comment pieces highlighting the plight of separated dads in the UK and Ireland. Watch our launch video here: Read about our Father’s Day “Reality […]
Why Parental Alienation IS child abuse
By Matt O’Connor, Founder, Fathers4Justice Parental alienation (PA) is an increasing and worrying feature in many cases we manage. It involves a child irrationally rejecting one parent (normally the father) after parental separation, without legitimate reason, and is characterised by extreme withdrawal or contempt. Children are alienated through the abusive conduct of the primary carer […]
Scottish Daily Mail: Mothers who deny dads access to kids ‘should be jailed’
By Gareth Rose, Scottish Political Editor MOTHERS who deny fathers access to their children should be locked up, fined or lose custody campaigners claim. Fathers4Justice has been lobbying MSPs ahead of delivering a new report to Scottish ministers, who the group accuses of being ‘anti-dad’. It cites the ‘Stalinist’ named person scheme and the way […]
The love that dare not speak its name
By Matt O’Connor, Founder, Fathers4Justice As the father of three boys, I’ve long been aware that showing any affection to your children in public can land you in hot water if you are a dad. Recent media coverage has included the story of dad Craig Darwell, who was staying in a Travelodge with his teenage […]
F4J Founder told not to hug son in restaurant as it was ‘inappropriate’
The founder of Fathers4Justice has told The Sun newspaper of his anger after claiming a waiter told him he was making fellow diners “uncomfortable” for hugging his son. Matt O’Connor, 50, said he was in a restaurant in London with just his youngest son, Archie, 11, last November when he was reprimanded by staff. The […]
Fathers4Justice to visit Scottish Parliament
Fathers4Justice are calling on Scottish dads to lobby their MSPs to support a motion lodged on behalf of F4J in the Scottish Parliament by MSP Finlay Carson. The motion calls on Parliament to support the ‘Forgotten Fathers’ campaign by F4J in advance of a series of meetings at Holyrood later this month. You can read […]
Tory MP calls for strict enforcement of child arrangement orders
The Conservative MP for Fareham, Suella Fernandes has presented a ten minute rule bill in parliament calling for the robust enforcement of child arrangement orders. She says the law needs urgent reform to prevent parents from acting with impunity. In the worst cases, a non-resident parent might be denied access to their child for several years, with […]
New research shows children perform better when their father lives at home
New research published today confirms that children are healthier and more likely to grow up with a good education and get a good job if their biological father lives with them. However, the pioneering study of British families by three researchers from the London School of Economics, also found that when a stepfather moves into […]
The Journal: ‘It’s about parental equality’: Citizens’ Assembly will not hear from fathers’ group
AN ORGANISATION CAMPAIGNING for fathers’ rights has said it is disappointed at its exclusion from the Citizens’ Assembly in the debate about the Eighth Amendment. Fathers4Justice, a campaigning group best known publicity stunts that usually involve a man dressed as a superhero scaling a high-profile building, made a submission to the assembly. Founder Matt O’Connor, […]
Simon Danczuk MP leads first debate on Parental Alienation in Parliament
Labour MP and child abuse campaigner Simon Danczuk has led the first ever debate on parental alienation in Parliament. In the debate on 15th March, Danczuk said parental alienation was ‘child abuse’ and it was time the condition was recognised by the courts and parliament. The MP, who met with Fathers4Justice founder Matt O’Connor last […]
