The Safe Parent Laws Sweeping the US

Last night, I was on with Bailey Smith on her podcast, Never Give Up. Find that show here.

The show was two hours so it was a wide ranging discussion. Starting approximately seventeen minutes in, we spoke about the St. Louis County scandal involving GALs like Elaine Pudlowsi, Sarah Pleban, and Venus Jackson.

Then, about fifty-three minutes in, we spoke about the Orange County scandal I’ve been reporting on currently.

Throughout the discussion, we debated coercive control, the worthiness of training, and several laws which have either been signed or made their way into the legislature.

I have previously argued that I find the term coercive control to be broad and nebulous; it is similar, in my opinion, to parental alienation in that it’s whatever the user wants it to be.

Bailey had a different view from me, stating that a lot of abuse is mental, psychological and financial and not just physical and sexual.

For more background on this debate, check out my discussion with Megan Fox from 2021, starting at about twenty-seven minutes in.

I’m against training in any legislation because everyone already gets training, and this has never been an issue of training. Training also costs money which is injected into the system, something which I think is counter productive.