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• Carol Golly, PL, LCSW, RPT-S  www.CarolGolly.com   239-417-3031    cagolly@yahoo.com
  
• Jim Karl, Esq.  Collier County  FL   www.James Karl & Associates  239-642-9988
  

• Vickijo Letchworth   Elder Abuse Advocate, Domestic Violence Child Welfare Specialist

• A Grandparent Advocate                  

•  Amanda, President /Founder AGA, Inc.

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                               Glenn Caddy, PhD, ABPP, FAPA   www.mind-experts.com   954-565-8850  

                              Joshua Coleman, PhD   www.drjoshuacoleman.com   510-547-6500       

                   Abe Worenklein, PhD   Montreal Canada    abew@vidoetron.ca    

                              Rev. Dr. John Killinger, PhD   www.johnkillinger.com    drjohnkillinger@gmail.com

                              Charles Jamieson, Esq. www.cjamiesonlaw.com    561-478-0312                               

                   Jason Holloway, Legislative Assistant to Florida Senator Daryl Rouson

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Alienated Grandparents Anonymous focuses on the struggle so many grandparents have in being part of their grandchildren's lives.  AGA provides support, information, coping skills, and helps validate the feelings of those suffering some degree of estrangement, alienation, or isolation. 

AGA offers suggestions from the advice of  international experts who have shared their knowledge with AGA, combined with communications with many thousands of grands who have been extremely limited or cut off from access to their grandchildren. 

AGA serves toward bringing alienated grandparents, parents, and grandchildren together.  You may contact info@AGA-FL.org for assistance.

AGA originated in Collier County Florida in September 2011. It was then established as a 501c3 Non Profit in October 2012. AGA has participated in 179  success stories.  AGA has a presence in 50 states and 22 countries.  International Headquarters is located in Naples, Florida  U.S.A.  We have given this global epidemic a name.  Grandparent Alienation.

View Site Page (listed to the right): YouTube AGA Presentations for an understanidng of the Complex Dynamics of Grandparent Alienation.  

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjppPc1mAVc&t=20s    


Abandonment by our adult children is endemic in our society and globally.

Though common, it has been rarely talked about.  Grandparents faced with this loss are wounded emotionally, psychologically, and have experienced physical illnesses. It has no socio-economic boundaries.   GA is complicated giref...grief without closure. There is no closure because there is continued hope and desire for improvement. There is a physical absence with the psychological presence.

Alienation is a willful intimidation. It is mind control within the family. It is about power and control. It involves unresolved childhood issues, neuro-linguistic programming, pathological lying, manipulation, brainwashing, cult-like thinking, and personality disorders including:  narcissistic personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, and delusional disorder. 

The unjustified abusive controlling behavior of our adult children is creating a lifetime of emotional problems for our grandchildren.  Alienation is frequently multi-generational.  

Grands are the victims of their adult children using the grandchildren as pawns. Who can these grandchildren turn to with this chaos in their lives?  They must go underground with thier emotions.  Grandparent Alienation is considered by the experts in the field of Alienation to be a severe form of child abuse, and a severe form of elder abuse. Abuse is never acceptable; abuse is never OK.  Severing the grandparent, great grandparet, grandchild relationship not only hurts the grands, but the child as well. Some grandparents have bonded with their grandchildren, only to have that love connection eventually denied.  Some grandparents have never met their grandchildren.  When a watchful eye is needed for children who may be in harm's way and their grands have been isolated, this is a human tragedy. 

AGA offers strategies for repairing, rebuilding, and healing these relationships with the gatekeeper...our adult children; thus, allowing for contact with the grandchildren to follow.

AGA offers coping skills to help manage the devastating emotional pain of being disconnected from our grandchildren.

Understanding the complexities of alienation helps grandparents.  Educate yourselves. Knowledge is power.  Knowing helps you form a strategy and follow your plans for a hopeful reconciliation. 

When we hear information with which we can personally identify, a light bulb goes off in our minds. A new piece of the puzzle comes together.  If you take away with you even one piece of information from each support group meeting and from our website, process it, and then apply it to your adult children and grandchildren; eventually, you will begin to see a clearer picture of the bewildering phenomenon of our own children not wanting us to have a place in their lives and in our grandchildren's lives.

You will come to realize that if you alone did not cause this, then you alone cannot fix this campaign of denigration. Healthy minds want to fix things, unhealthy minds do not.  You will come to understand that you should not be embarrassed by this estrangement, If you did the best you could at the time raising your children, then you can stop blaming yourselves. Learn the skills to make amends. 

This website receives thousands of hits each month. AGA recognizes that each situation is unique; however, many commonalities are shared.  Simply knowing that you are not alone on this traumatic roller-coaster journey helps you to cope better with the heartbreak and frustration of being a targeted grandparent. 

AGA support group meetings allow grandparents to share their stories in a safe enviornment, and strategize with one another.  Grandparents who attend will remain anonymous so that everyone will feel free to openly share their plight. It is a place for those experiencing this excruciating emotional trauma to share circumstances with those who "get it". Suggestions for communication and reunification will be discussed based on the information provided by our international expert consultants. 

AGA meetings may include guest speakers. An interactive discussion would then be included. After each meeting, grandparents may then consult individually with all AGA professionals in attendance.

*Notice to Grandparents and  Adult Children : If you would like to work toward communication and  reconcilation, please contact AGA Headquarters (info@AGA-FL.org). Grandchildren, we would like to assist you as well.

          Support Group Meetings     No Admission Fee       All Welcome

           Do not give up on your grandchildren. They would not want you to give up on them.

They are waiting to be with you, too!

   We must be the voice of our grandchildren.

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