If
you were suddenly taken away from your home
and family as a child by a parent or
someone else you trusted.....you are not alone.
A
staggering 200,000 children are abducted
by a parent or
family member in the United States
every year.
That means for every stereotypical stranger abduction
you hear about, approximately 1,000
family abductions occur.
So while the tragedy of stranger abductions
is extreme and make headlines,
abduction by family members accounts for 78%
of all child abduction in America, according
to
the Department of Justice's most recent national
incidence study.
Take Root’s members
are all adults who were abducted as children
by
a parent or family member and taken into
hiding.
Fortunately, many good organizations exist
to help find and recover missing children.
Unfortunately, there has not been much work
done to study or lessen the effects this trauma
can have on the children’s lives. Take
Root was formed to give a voice to the missing
child. We exist to help the abducted children
go from victims to victors!
Together, we can do more than recover missing
children.
We can help missing children recover.
If you are a parent or a professional recovering
an abducted child, we hope
that you will consider using our Kid
Gloves approach.
If you are a policy maker or a journalist,
we hope that our Grotto
learning library will broaden
your considerations. If you are a parent considering
abducting, we hope that you will reconsider.
Especially after reading the many member
stories of lifelong recovery in The Missing Side.
While we acknowledge that some parents do abduct in response to legitimate abuse, we also know that
abduction can never be considered an "appropriate" solution for anything. Instead, domestic violence statutes must be strengthened and enforced so that abduction never becomes a desperate parent's only choice. A life on the run is not a good choice for any child.
We hope our website will help you better understand the impact family abduction has on a child not only in the short-term but also in the long run.
If you were abducted,
we hope you will consider joining
Take Root.
In light of OJJDP funding cuts, Take Root is now urgently in need of donations. Learn more.
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