Parental Child Abduction and Cultural Identity: A Hidden Trauma
Recently, I attended a powerful presentation by an Indigenous Australian who spoke about the trauma of the Stolen Generations. These were children forcibly taken from their families in the name of “assimilation.” Although the practice ended in the 1970s, its legacy persists. Tragically, the trauma of losing one’s cultural identity still exists today — not always through government policy, but through parental child abduction. As a left-behind parent, I’ve come to see disturbing parallels between this historic injustice and the cultural erasure my own daughter has faced. I hope sharing our story sheds light on this often-ignored issue. How...
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