Let My Children Go (Mother's Journal, Bk. 1)

By Wendy Titelman

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0972902503
• ISBN13: 9780972902502
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Kinderlex Books Inc
• Length: 361 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

It Really Happens in Cobb County

Despite what naysayers may have written about "Let My Children Go!" there are numerous cases within Cobb County where justice has been abandoned and the best interests of children were not attended to. My own experience within Cobb County echoes Wendy's and other mothers whose cases followed hers. My own case is not as agregious, but it was handled with the same lack of equity. My friends were equally appalled and disgusted and incredulous about the face of justice in this bedroom community of Atlanta. Where I expected safety and equity, I found none. There is a comprehensive (61 pages) legal overview written by Hoult on Richard Gardner and his Parental Alienation Syndrome. The man, who had written many pro-pedophile statements, ultimately committed suicide in 2003 by stabbing himself to death with a butcher knife. The effects he had on the court systems was devastating to legitimate cases of incest and abuse, and has indeed been unethically used by "father's rights" advocates. Wendy is not the only mother this has happened to by a long shot. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of cases like hers. Where Richard Gardner self-promoted his self-published theories that were never subject to peer-review, never published in psychological journals and were regarded as "junk science" court systems have been poisoned. I was given the exact same warnings - not to bring up allegations of familial abuse - and when I said to my attorney friend of 20 years that I had a particular judge I was told "You are completeley f* & ^%$# you will never get a fair hearing." and that was pretty much the way I felt about it when it was all said and done. The sad thing is, that Wendy's experience is NOT unique, and it should not be our reality. Her human rights were violated. Her parental rights were violated. I have never met Wendy Titelman, I only learned of her experience after I had one very similar and discovered how commonly this happens. I encourage others to visit [...] and to do a Google on Hoult and Gardner. Read the information. Watch the videos. Then do something about this sorry state of affairs. Bless you Wendy and may your nightmare come to an end as soon as possible.

Same person with the negative feedback!

It is very obvious to me that the person writing the negative things about this book is the same person! This is an excellent book and I encourage all to read it! This happens all over the US! This must stop! It is unfortunate that there are people (in this case, person) out there that have nothing better to do than write negative things on a site to discredit this poor mother and her children!

An IMPORTANT MUST-READ for Every American

Once upon a time I believed that children in America were protected. I certainly thought that if police, social workers, and court officials received convincing evidence of child abuse that they would act promptly and with determination to safeguard innocent children. I was wrong. This important book tells a truth that every citizen in this country needs to know and act to change.

Should be made mandatory reading for county social workers

Wendy Titelman's Let My Children Go! is the powerful and true story of a mother's fight to shield her daughters from sexual abuse, -- and the refusal of the Cobb County, Georgia, Superior Court to protect those children from their abusive father. Told with gut-wrenching emotion, Let My Children Go! is a sharp indictment against a legal system that all too often puts children back into the hands of the very ones that hurt and abuse them. Let My Children Go should be made mandatory reading for all county social workers, family counselors, and family court judges throughout the country.

A Harrowing Tale of Injustice and Loss

If a man molests a neighbor's child, he'll get jail time. If he molests his own, he'll get custody. LET MY CHILDREN GO is a story of legal abuse of Wendy Titleman's two little girls, protected only by a mother who is discredited, disenfranchised and discriminated at every step of the way. Although no evidence was ever heard in court against Ms. Titleman's mothering skills, she has been prohibited from seeing her two young daughters in over two years. Instead, against mounting evidence of the father's abuse and sexual molestation, he was granted sole custody. It is hard to determine when reading this fast-paced autobiography what is more horrific--the continuing sexual abuse of Amanda and Jessica by their father, the conspiracy of court officials committed to feed one another and protect their mutual incompetence and corruption, the enormous powers a Guardian Ad Litem can commandeer over a family while failing the children she is supposed to represent, the inadequate laws governing family courts which allow a judge discretionary powers for bias and incompetence that are practically impossible to appeal, the outrageous breaking of state and federal laws--including a mother's and children's constitutional rights--or the routine suppression of evidence by all concerned, evidence that could have saved Ms. Titleman's children. Unlike many protective mothers across the nation, Ms. Titleman still musters the financial resources, psychological stamina and (finally) competent legal support for protracted and costly legal battles even after all the doors were slammed in her face. LET MY CHILDREN GO should arouse public outrage in Georgia--the wasp-nest of the story--and bring awareness about the way family courts across the nation punish mothers who allege--and can prove--domestic sexual abuse of their children. As a society, we are only as good as the rule of the law--and as we care and protect our children. Amanda and Jessica are out there, abused and molested, betrayed by our system. They are crying for their mother and they are crying for our nation's help. This book is a must read. Talia Carner, author, Puppet Child and China Doll