P.A.P.A. Canada
People Against Parental Alienation
Canadian support, research and reform
Connect with Canadian families, explore provincial and territorial frameworks, and follow advocacy for stronger protection of parent-child relationships.
People Against Parental Alienation · North America
Protect the bond.
Find your community.
Help change the system.
Support for families. Research people can examine. Advocacy for equal parenting and accountable family justice. Start with P.A.P.A. Canada or P.A.P.A. USA, connected through our international network.
Choose your starting point
Local knowledge. A connected movement.
Your country page brings together support groups, research, legislative priorities and ways to take part. Choose the place most relevant to your family or your work.
P.A.P.A. USA
People Against Parental Alienation USA, Inc.
A national mission across the United States
Find U.S. support groups, examine state frameworks and public records, and follow work connecting families, professionals and legislators.
Outside Canada or the United States? Visit P.A.P.A.’s UK and international website →
For parents, grandparents and people standing beside them
You do not have to face this alone.
Being shut out of a child’s life can leave a family isolated and unsure where to turn. Begin with a community that understands, then use the country pages to find the information and next steps relevant to you.
You deserve to be heard. Your child’s family relationships matter. Start with one practical step, supported by people who understand the journey.
01 / CONNECT
Find your community.
Our social media pages and groups connect people with shared experiences. Read group guidance, join the conversation and follow chapter updates.
02 / ORGANIZE
Make the situation clearer.
Keep relevant orders, communications, proposed schedules and missed parenting time in a dated record. Clear information helps when seeking professional advice or explaining a concern.
03 / GET INFORMED
Choose the right next step.
Explore local frameworks, research and service information. Community support and qualified legal or clinical help serve different needs; use the help appropriate to your situation.
Protect children’s privacy when seeking support online. Avoid posting confidential records or identifying details of a child publicly.
Support today. Research and reform for lasting change.
Children should never become leverage in an adult conflict.
Our work addresses deliberate interference with safe parent-child relationships: manipulation, pressure to reject a parent, repeated obstruction and the use of children to punish or control another family member. We recognize deliberate alienation as psychological abuse and advocate a serious, evidence-based response to the harm it causes.
Protect family bonds
Advance equal shared parenting and the preservation of meaningful relationships with both safe, loving parents.
Make protection effective
Seek timely responses to abuse, harmful interference and unjustified obstruction, with reliable findings and practical remedies.
Demand accountability
Examine how laws, court processes and institutional decisions affect families, then turn identified problems into specific proposals.
The circumstances behind a damaged relationship need careful examination. Our focus is on the conduct, the child’s experience and a response that protects both safety and safe family bonds.
The people behind the connection
Connected by purpose. Working across borders.
P.A.P.A.’s international connection is built on real people, shared experience and ongoing collaboration. Simon Cobb’s founding and work in the United Kingdom connect with Christopher Rauch’s leadership and the work of our Canadian and U.S. teams.
Simon Cobb
Founder, People Against Parental Alienation
United Kingdom
Simon founded P.A.P.A. in 2016 following his own experience of parental alienation. His commitment to helping other families became the foundation of a movement built around awareness, support and the protection of parent-child relationships.
He has continued that work in the United Kingdom, developing community support, raising public awareness and advocating for families. We recognize his founding contribution and the sustained work he and the UK team have carried forward since 2016.
Christopher Rauch
Executive Director & President, P.A.P.A. Canada and P.A.P.A. USA
North America
Christopher leads P.A.P.A.’s Canadian and U.S. organizations, working with their teams to build support, public education and advocacy suited to the families and legal systems here.
The North American research and accountability centers, legislative initiatives and community campaigns are led by Christopher and the Canadian and U.S. teams. His collaboration with Simon connects that work with P.A.P.A.’s founding purpose and the wider international network.
Simon and Christopher continue to work together through a shared commitment to children and families. Each team brings its own leadership, local knowledge and work to that relationship.
Research & Accountability Centers
Put a stronger record behind the demand for change.
Families need useful information. Legislators need clear problems and workable solutions. Journalists need sources they can examine. Our Canadian and U.S. research centers connect these needs.
We are continuing analytical studies, reviewing public decisions and legal frameworks, and developing legislative and procedural proposals. The work follows the record from the problem a family experiences to the responsibilities of the institutions asked to respond.
Canada
Canadian research and accountability
Explore provincial research, selected court decisions, legislation watch and local service information.
United States
U.S. research and accountability
Explore state research, public case records and analysis of harmful interference, enforcement and institutional responses.
Featured research · Equal shared parenting
Explore the laws. Examine the outcomes.
How do parenting arrangements differ? What do the available studies tell us about children’s wellbeing, conflict, divorce and the use of family courts? Start with the review for your country.
Equal parenting in Canada
A review of federal law and all 13 provincial and territorial frameworks, with Canadian findings, five graphs, a searchable comparison and a full-study print option.
Equal parenting in the United States
A 50-state screening, the Kentucky reform claim, divorce trends and related evidence on wellbeing and court use, with sources and a full-study print option.
Each review distinguishes existing law, research findings and P.A.P.A.’s reform proposals. Follow the source links to examine the evidence and the questions that still need to be answered.
From evidence to practical change
Make reform specific enough to act on.
A fair starting point
Develop equal-parenting proposals that preserve family bonds, account for children’s needs and provide clear, evidence-based exceptions.
A timely response
Seek workable orders, prompt review of harmful interference and accessible ways to resolve problems before separation becomes entrenched.
Results that can be measured
Ask whether changes improve wellbeing, compliance, access to help, costs and durable resolution. Track what happens to families in practice.
Public awareness. Community action. Legislative dialogue.
See the work taking shape.
Our chapter pages bring together national priorities and local action. These projects show how community support, public awareness and legislative advocacy connect.
P.A.P.A. USA · 2026 conference
P.A.P.A. Idaho & Legislators Conference 2026
Explore the program, speakers and themes connecting family experiences, professional knowledge and legislative reform. The dedicated page also introduces P.A.P.A. USA’s leadership.
Canadian legislative action
Read P.A.P.A. Canada’s campaign opposing Bill C-223 and follow its analysis, parliamentary links and ways to contact legislators.
Neurodivergence and family justice
Explore the Great Canadian ATC Expedition awareness project and P.A.P.A.’s proposed Neurodivergent Child Protection Act.
A campaign with a continuing story
Revisit the Fight Night campaign with Kyle “The Monster” Nelson, including its community story, winners and any new photos or videos.
Local understanding. International solidarity.
A shared purpose reaches beyond a border.
Our Niagara Falls awareness work brought Canadian and U.S. chapters together around the protection of children’s family relationships. Teal connects that message with P.A.P.A.’s wider international awareness work.
Different countries have different laws and services. The shared purpose is to stand beside families, protect safe parent-child relationships and bring their experiences into the conversation about change.
Useful answers before your next step
Find your way around P.A.P.A.
Where should I start if I need support?
Use the Canadian or U.S. support-group links above. The country pages also connect you to research and relevant information. Canadian groups · U.S. groups
Why are Canada and USA separate?
The chapters share a mission and international connections, while legal systems, services, campaigns and donation channels differ. The country pages help you find the relevant starting point.
Where can I read the equal-parenting research?
Both country pages include the complete review, graphs, sources and a print/save-as-PDF option. Canadian review · U.S. review
Can legislators, researchers and professionals contribute?
Yes. Contact us about relevant public evidence, legislative drafting, evaluation, professional expertise or opportunities for constructive dialogue. Please identify your jurisdiction and the issue you want to address.
Where do I go outside North America?
Visit P.A.P.A.’s UK and international website for its support, resources and wider network information.
For families, volunteers, legislators and the media
Help the right conversation begin.
Media & policy enquiries
Tell us your country or jurisdiction, topic, organization or publication, and deadline. We can direct your enquiry toward the appropriate chapter.
Volunteer your skills
Research, technical work, administration, group moderation and community awareness all depend on people willing to contribute. Tell us where you are and how you would like to help.
Follow and share the work
Join a chapter’s social groups, listen to the podcast and share the research or campaigns relevant to your community.
Send an initial enquiry before sharing private case records. Protect children’s privacy and any restrictions that apply to family proceedings.
Support the work where it matters to you
Help turn awareness into practical action.
Support education, awareness, community work and advocacy through the chapter you choose. Each donation button opens that chapter’s existing fundraising page.
Support P.A.P.A. Canada
Canadian fundraising for P.A.P.A. Canada – People Against Parental Alienation.
Support P.A.P.A. USA
The current P.A.P.A. USA fundraiser supports education, advocacy and reform in Idaho.
Stay connected with P.A.P.A.
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