Tennessee Ban on Sexual-Identity-Related Medical Procedures for Minors Is Likely Constitutional,
a Sixth Circuit panel concludes (by a 2-1 vote) in staying an injunction against the law pending appeal.
a Sixth Circuit panel concludes (by a 2-1 vote) in staying an injunction against the law pending appeal.
Casey DeSantis' "Mamas for DeSantis" ad goes all in on the culture war instead of focusing on Ron DeSantis' strong record on school choice and COVID policy.
"Nobody is abducting 1- and 4-year-old kids into sex trafficking," says the director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center.
New reasonable childhood independence laws in these states will make it easier for parents to let children enjoy the holiday.
"[T]he Does cannot wield the constitutional right to parent as a sword to require the district to adopt policies that help them to direct and control their son's choices," and likewise as to the right to free exercise of religion.
In the U.S., we arrest parents who let their 8-year-olds walk half a mile.
"I don't know this kid, I don't know his mom, I don't know where he lives," she said in a viral video.
At this rate, the Southern Poverty Law Center's notorious hate map might eventually describe everyone as an extremist.
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A bill advancing the New York State Assembly would require child welfare agents to inform parents of their legal rights when beginning an investigation of child abuse or neglect.
"[W]e find no error by the trial court in finding that Father had mentally abused N. The circuit court concluded that N. was 'frightened,' 'scared,' and 'fearful' of his Father's anger and his Father's refusal to accept his sexual orientation."
The state legislature passed a law to limit anonymous reports to its child abuse hotline.
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While city policy dictates that 911 calls should only occur when a student poses a genuine safety threat, parents say it's become a run-of-the-mill disciplinary tactic.
Requiring users to verify their age to use social media will degrade their privacy and cybersecurity.
Even though a family pediatrician said she had "zero concerns," child welfare services still seized Josh Sabey's and Sarah Perkins' two young children. It took four months for the couple to regain custody.
Such family court decisions are generally reviewed with great deference; the court isn't saying the judge's decision is necessarily the correct one, just that it's not clearly incorrect.
The social worker had reported the parents for educational neglect; the parents argue this was knowingly false, because the social worker knew the parents "were in compliance with their statutory obligation to educate their child" by home schooling.
Families don’t all want the same sort of education for their children. They should be free to choose.
The Appellate Court of Maryland just upheld the lower court's finding, and related protective order.
"We are here because one preschooler pulled down another preschooler's pants," says defense attorney Jason Flores-Williams.
New bill makes a mockery of parents’ rights, school choice, and educational freedom.
The Florida governor has a history of using state power to bully Florida schools over speech he doesn't like. H.B. 1 may accomplish his goal while ceding power to parents.
When COVID-19 and the U.S. government stopped kids from seeing each other, social media was their lifeline.
"I have never felt threatened by a single person in this town until meeting those officers and the social worker."
Why is Gov. Ron DeSantis acting just like his opposition by attempting to dictate what students are permitted to learn?
A legal assault on charter schools will deprive families of educational options.
"My daughter rushed to the car and she's like, 'mommy DCFS came to the school, and the lady made it sound like we weren't going to come home with you today,'" Tresa Razaaq told a local news station.
Of course, as usual, the resolution of this questions turns on a question of procedure.
For 25 years, the law has been giving states kickbacks when they finalize adoptions quickly.
"She is way too young to be walking this distance by herself," said the cops.
Florida threatens a venue for letting minors attend a sexualized holiday cabaret performance with their parents.
Overbearing CDC guidance, pointless calls to the police, and more.
Some conservatives toss “parents’ rights” out the window in a holiday culture war against kids at live shows.
Pearisburg, Virginia, social services says kids must be watched—at all times—until they turn 13.
On its 25th anniversary, the ASFA is in bad need of reform.
Heather Wallace plead guilty to child endangerment and can no longer work with kids.
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and because she left a sex toy where one of them could find it.
The order “could encompass speech ... that [the mother] believe[s] valid and substantiated even if CPS ultimately determines that [it is] not.”