can proceed (under the First Amendment and under parental constitutional rights law), the court says, though there's no actual decision on whether the plaintiffs (parents and teachers) will prevail.
Here's hoping for a free-range 2025!
"The articles, from the York Daily Record and FOX43 websites, detailed an incident in which Father was 'found sleeping half-naked in his car at a Rutter's store' and offered an investigating officer $50 instead of his license. The articles indicate that Father was charged with DUI, indecent exposure, open lewdness, and other related charges."
One in four kids will be the victim of identity theft or fraud. Here's how the government is making it worse.
"Take a moment to appreciate all that they can learn from trying to complete the task on their own," says Yale University's Julia Leonard.
Thankfully, a judge reunited the Boatright family last week.
"I was not panicking as I know the roads and know he is mature enough to walk there without incident," says Brittany Patterson.
Unreliable drug tests are sparking unnecessary child welfare investigations.
Kirstie Allsopp posted online about her teen son's trip around Europe. Then someone reported her to the government.
"I never thought that this was even humanly possible," says Sabra Brucker.
Online trolls weaponized child protective services against J.D. and Britney Lott and their eight children.
"Can a child not ride her bike on the street in this neighborhood anymore?"
Georgia parents were accused of child abuse after they took their daughter to the doctor. Does the state's story add up?
Georgia parents were accused of child abuse after they took their daughter to the doctor. Does the state's story add up?
A pilot study encouraged parents to let their kids go free-range.
Thanks for the heads up, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Students have a constitutional right to refuse to say the Pledge of Allegiance, no matter what school officials think.
"It really feels as though maybe we've lost touch with what's developmentally appropriate," says one Montgomery County mom.
It took a lot of work to clear this quiz show milestone.
Young people need independent play in order to become capable adults.
Did the judge's remarks "suggest[] she had predetermined that the father had no right to oppose gender transition or otherwise direct the child's upbringing based upon his moral and religious beliefs"?
"You just can't raise kids like that anymore—it isn't safe," the cops told the Widner family.
A law forcing kids off social media sites is still likely coming to Florida.
"No parent can shield a child from all risks," the Iowa Supreme Court ruled.
Third-grader Quantavious Eason was arrested and charged as a "child in need of services" after being caught peeing behind his mother's car.
These aren't outright bans. But they still can chill free speech and academic freedom.
the parent's constitutional parental rights, including when the school conceals this from the parent.
According to a new lawsuit, NYC's child protection agency almost never obtained warrants when it searched over 50,000 family homes during abuse and neglect investigations.
A recent Pew survey says parents are "very involved in their young adult children's lives," but one might quibble with the definition of "very involved."
Teresa and Jeff Williams had their son, JJ, at home without medical help. They didn't know it would be nearly impossible to get legal documents for him.
Banning people under age 16 from accessing social media without parental consent "is a breathtakingly blunt instrument" for reducing potential harms, the judge writes.
A new white paper from the Canadian Pediatric Society recommends more unstructured play time for kids.
Kids were jailed for minor offenses, as detailed in The Kids of Rutherford County podcast.
The N.H. Supreme Court reversed the order.
A new lawsuit is challenging a Utah law that requires age verification to use social media and forces minors to get their parents permission first.
"The fear of liability is ruining modern childhood," says one mom.
The father had an earlier history of sexually assaulting children.
And some good news, after all.
His mom is rejecting the prosecutors' absurdly strict probation rules.
According to an analysis from the Associated Press, 50,000 children in 22 states were still missing from schools in fall 2022.
An investigation from ProPublica shows that one Knoxville-area facility is putting kids in solitary but skirting scrutiny by classifying the seclusion as "voluntary."
"People understand that these child abuse pediatricians have unlimited power," says Aaron Rapier, an attorney for the Kruegers.
Students in four Oklahoma school districts are also required to wear their school ID on a lanyard and sit on their own team's side.
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