A PETITION TO

UK Parliament

Grandchildren have a right to have a relationship with their grandparents ( and visa versa)

There is an epidemic of adult chikdren being estranged from their parents, resulting in grandparents being alienated from their grandchildren. I personally have ecoerience this first hand, having never been allowed to meet my three grandchildren ( one from my youngest son and two from my eldest) so they do not know I even exist. It is beyond cruel for both grandparents and grandchildren, as having a relationship is special. Children cannot have too much love and so many are missing out.

Unfortunately, it is virtually impossible to fight for grandparents ‘rights to see their grandchildren at the moment, There is currently an epidemic of family estrangement, mostly caused by adult children’s relationships breaking down and/or spousal refusal to “allow”  their children to have  contact with in laws This is not only cruel but deeply damaging emotionally for all concerned. Social media seems to pay a huge part in this, as today’s parents are exposed to a plethora of constant indoctrination by so called ” expert therapists” ( with no evident qualifications), informing them that all their problems stem from ” narcissistic parents” and they should therefore  alienate themselves from them at all costs, including allowing  grandparent/grandchild relatiinships. Today’s culture also seems to specifically  favour wives and girlfriends having the “power” to call the shots on  family  dynamics, controlling who, when and if, their offspring can have family contact with.  Husbands and boyfriends in particular, are being coerced into dysfunctional family practices, often preventing them from having normal contact with their own patents, fir fear of being estranged from their own children by their partners. I not only have personal experience of this with both of my adult sons, both of whom, despite having had close relationships with me  all their lives, have now become estranged from me, their mother ( their Childrens’ grandmother) simply becuase, their partners threaten and emotinally blackmail them into this abnormal extended family outlook. It is heartbreaking, unfair and should not be allowed.      

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Danuta Jeeves

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30/06/2025