Are The Abducted Children Safe With Their Mother?

When parents worry about their children being abducted, they usually fear the
stranger lurking in the alley or the man with pockets full of candy luring
kids at the playground. In fact, the greatest threat for many families
lies far closer to home: A Parental or Family Abduction.

Many law enforcement agencies still consider family abductions a domestic issue
that should be worked out between parents and their lawyers.

Many believe that a child is not in grave danger if the abductor is a family
member. Unfortunately, this is not true, and these assumptions continue to
endanger our children's lives. Research shows that the most common motive
in family abductions is not love for the child but rather an act of
anger and revenge against the other parent.

More than half of abducting parents have a history of domestic violence,
substance abuse, or a criminal record. Physical and sexual abuse can
and does occur during these abductions.

The overwhelming majority of family abduction cases involve families undergoing
custody disputes. Millions of children are at risk. Children remain at risk of
family abduction for up to five years following a divorce. A steady increase
in divorce rates further makes the case for family court professionals to
step in and prevent what is a very preventable tragedy.

"Five years ago my brother, sister and I were abducted. At the time
I didn't realize how it was going to destroy my life and my brother
and sister's. People think parents do this out of love. But
they're only causing their children damage."
- Words from a victim of family abduction, age 15

Abducted children suffer from the grief of losing all of the loved ones in
their lives with the exception of the abducting family member(s).

To break emotional ties with the left-behind parent, and perpetuate their
own control, some family abductors will coach a child into "disclosing"
abuse by the other parent. Abducted children are often told that the
other parent is dead or did not really love them.

As the child quickly adapts to a fugitive's lifestyle, deception becomes
a part of life. They are taught to fear those they should trust, such
as police, doctors, teachers, and counselors.

Abducted children are often given new identities. This can have profound
and sometimes crippling psychological impact during the critical
developmental stages of childhood. In extreme cases, the child's
sexual identity is covered up to avoid detection.

Abducting parents often deprive their children of education and
much-needed medical attention to avoid the risk of being
tracked via school or medical records.

In extreme cases, the abducting parent leaves the child with strangers at an
underground "safe house" where health, safety and other basic needs are
extremely compromised. In other cases, children are so badly mistreated
by their abductors that they desperately want their abductor to leave them.
In rare family abduction cases, children are murdered by their abductor.

In 76 percent of family abductions, the abducting parent intends to prevent
contact between the child and the left-behind parent.

In 63 percent of abductions by a family member, children were with their
abductor under lawful circumstances immediately prior to the abduction.

In 10 percent of family abductions, threat, force, or a weapon is used.

Due to the frequent occurrence of physical abuse and the potential for
serious psychological damage, the U.S. Dept. of Justice considers
children abducted by family members to be children at risk.

Please help us pray for the safety and good health of these children !!!

Please help us save these young innocent and beautiful children !!!

Please help us bring these children back home !!!

Please email us at help@hatufim.org if you have any helpful information.

Thank you !!!

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