Dr. Kreslyn Barron Odum is one of the most compelling voices on family court reform in America today. Her story — and the stories of the families she fights for — are ready for your platform.
🤟 Submit a Press Inquiry →“What we are facing in family court is not just a personal battle — it is a humanitarian crisis. At its core, it is a moral issue, and I believe we are at a crossroads as a country and as a world in how history will remember us. I want to join others in making ‘good trouble,’ as John Lewis said, and in building tools and community so families don’t have to walk through this alone.”
— Dr. Kreslyn Barron Odum, Founder, The Barron Foundation
Dr. Odum’s story has been documented at the highest levels of American media. Featured in a documentary screened at the National Press Club in Washington D.C., her advocacy has brought national attention to a crisis that the Leadership Council on Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence calls a public health crisis — affecting more than 58,000 children annually, with half a million children living unprotected with a violent parent at any given moment.
She has taken her mission to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, the halls of the US Capitol, and courthouses across America — always in hot pink, always raising her hand, always refusing to be silent.
The #HotPinkForChildren movement she created is changing how the world sees family court — one raised hand at a time.
Every claim we make on air is sourced. Every number is peer-reviewed or government-documented. Here’s the research that grounds this movement.
Courts credit child sexual abuse claims only 15% of the time — dropping to 2% when a father claims parental alienation. Mothers who report abuse face a 26% risk of losing custody. That risk nearly doubles when alienation is alleged. Even when courts find a father has abused his children, they still award him custody 13% of the time.
Source: Joan S. Meier, GWU Law School — funded by the National Institute of Justice
Exposure to domestic violence is associated with at least a 34% higher risk of cardiovascular events and 30% increased risk of death. Children exposed to abuse grow up with increased risk of heart attack, stroke, and coronary disease. Peer-reviewed research across 36 studies links intimate partner violence to elevated cancer risk — with cervical cancer prevalence among abused women up to 10 times higher than the general population.
Source: American Heart Association Scientific Statement
The 58,000 figure is documented by the Leadership Council on Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence.
Dr. Kreslyn Barron Odum is the founder and director of The Barron Foundation, dedicated to protecting children in family courts and amplifying the voices of protective parents across America. Founded in 2020 and granted official 501(c)(3) status in 2025, the Foundation has grown from one mother’s fight into a national movement.
A women’s rights advocate based in Georgia, Dr. Odum has spent eight years and counting navigating a broken family court system — and turned that experience into a national movement for reform. In 2025 she brought that mission directly to Capitol Hill and state legislatures, meeting with Senator Jon Ossoff’s U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law — the bipartisan investigation into Georgia’s Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS), Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, U.S. Representative Buddy Carter and Georgia State Representative Steven Meeks, and legislators from Arizona and Oregon. She has also built working relationships with local law enforcement agencies, mayors, and DFCS throughout Georgia. In 2025 she advocated at the Georgia State Capitol alongside You Are The Power (YATP). Ridge’s Law passed — a landmark win for protective parents. Ethan’s Law, headed by Georgia Protective Parents, did not reach a final Senate vote; the fight continues.
She is the creator of the #HotPinkForChildren and #BarronStandard movements, and a leading voice on post-separation abuse, coercive control, and judicial accountability in family courts.
In 2026, at the request of leaders in the field, Dr. Odum was invited to participate in Stage 1 of the ECCBS at the University of Manchester, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health — the first peer-reviewed scale developed to measure coercive control, child and mother sabotage, and post-separation abuse in family court contexts.
In November 2025, Family Court Awareness Month — founded in 2020 by Tina Swithin and Sandra Ross — was transferred to The Barron Foundation, where Dr. Odum now stewards its annual November campaign.
Dr. Kreslyn Barron Odum
Founder & Director, The Barron Foundation
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About The Barron Foundation. The Barron Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit protecting children in family courts and amplifying the voices of protective parents across America. Founded in 2020 by Dr. Kreslyn Barron Odum and granted 501(c)(3) status in 2025, the Foundation advances reform through education, advocacy, and policy work — fighting for the 58,000+ children ordered annually into contact with abusive parents, and the half million living unprotected with a violent parent at any moment (Leadership Council on Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence). The Foundation is the creator of the #HotPinkForChildren and #BarronStandard movements, and as of November 2025 is the home of Family Court Awareness Month, founded in 2020 by Tina Swithin and Sandra Ross. Learn more at barron-foundation.org.
Media contact: info@barron-foundation.org • 478.227.6393
EIN: 41-2418788 • Registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit • Based in Georgia
Why the current family court system fails protective parents and children, and what policy changes are urgently needed.
The 58,000+ children ordered annually into unsupervised contact with abusive parents — and the half million living unprotected at any moment. (Leadership Council on Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence) — and what advocates are doing to change that number.
How post-separation abuse operates through the family court system and what protective parents — mothers, fathers, and caregivers — face every day.
State and federal advocacy efforts, Family Court Awareness Month, and building a national coalition for change.
How a grassroots movement is using visibility, social media, and community organizing to drive systemic change.
The only publication of its kind — written specifically for mothers navigating family court, open to everyone who stands with them. Family Ct. covers coercive control, post-separation abuse, legal strategy, mental health, wellness, and the stories courts refuse to hear. Ask Dr. Odum about what it means to build editorial infrastructure for a movement.
How one mother turned eight years and counting in family court into a nationwide nonprofit, a viral movement, and a call for systemic reform.
Courthouse steps. County offices. The places where policy meets families. This is where The Barron Foundation shows up.
Every protective parent who finds their voice. Every courthouse flooded with hot pink. Every hand raised in the ASL “I Love You” sign. This is a movement — and the press has a role to play in it.
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“Once your eyes have been opened to the true atrocities flooding our courts, you can never unsee. You can’t just walk away. It changes who you are. Ignorance may be bliss but education on the true evil happening to our children and our families will transform you into a fighter. You may take a mental health break, but you will forever come back to try to save another.”
— Dr. Kreslyn Barron Odum, Founder, The Barron Foundation
Words spoken when she thought no one was really even listening.
Dr. Odum is available for interviews, panels, and podcast appearances. The following questions have been developed to guide productive conversations about family court reform.
Dr. Odum is available for print, broadcast, and podcast interviews. Turnaround for media requests is typically 24–48 hours.
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
— Martin Luther King Jr.
“Your silence will not protect you.”
— Audre Lorde
These are the realities protective parents face. Every point is documented, sourced, and repeatable on air.
It is supposed to protect children, but it often ignores what they need most: stability and love. It moves on legal timelines while children move on emotional ones.
A few weeks in court time is a lifetime to a child. Their hearts cannot wait that long. Every continuance is another birthday missed, another milestone without their safe parent.
Judges and court-appointed professionals sometimes make rulings without ever spending meaningful time with the child or the primary caregiver. A child is reduced to a file.
Being a protective parent should not be used against you in court. But too often, it is. Raising concerns about a child’s safety is treated as conflict rather than care.
This is not left or right. This is about right and wrong. Children deserve safety and truth regardless of which party is in power or which judge is on the bench.
“I wasn’t allowed to speak. Witnesses were turned away. The truth was left outside the courtroom.”
— Dr. Kreslyn Barron Odum