Parental Rights
Josh Hawley's Social Media Ban Will Make Kids More Depressed
When COVID-19 and the U.S. government stopped kids from seeing each other, social media was their lifeline.
Connecticut Parents Arrested for Letting Kids, Ages 7 and 9, Walk to Dunkin' Donuts
"I have never felt threatened by a single person in this town until meeting those officers and the social worker."
Florida's Rejection of an AP African American Studies Course Is a Rejection of School Choice
Why is Gov. Ron DeSantis acting just like his opposition by attempting to dictate what students are permitted to learn?
Kentucky's Governor Wants School Choice for His Kids but Not Yours
A legal assault on charter schools will deprive families of educational options.
Chicago Public Schools Will Call Child Services if You're Late To Pick Up Your Kids From School
"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.
"Father Has Held Himself Out as 'the Father,' … But Father Has Also Referred to Himself as 'the Mother'"
Of course, as usual, the resolution of this questions turns on a question of procedure.
Federal Adoption Law Leads States To Prematurely Separate Families
For 25 years, the law has been giving states kickbacks when they finalize adoptions quickly.
Cops Question Connecticut Mom Who Let 7-Year-Old Walk a Mile
"She is way too young to be walking this distance by herself," said the cops.
The Fight Over Kids at Drag Shows Is a Classic Moral Panic
Florida threatens a venue for letting minors attend a sexualized holiday cabaret performance with their parents.
Top 10 Attacks on Free-Range Parenting in 2022
Overbearing CDC guidance, pointless calls to the police, and more.
The War on Christmas Comes for the Drag Queens
Some conservatives toss “parents’ rights” out the window in a holiday culture war against kids at live shows.
CPS: Mom Can't Let Her 3 Kids—Ages 6, 8, and 9—Play Outside by Themselves
Pearisburg, Virginia, social services says kids must be watched—at all times—until they turn 13.
The Adoption and Safe Families Act Takes Kids Away From Loving Parents
On its 25th anniversary, the ASFA is in bad need of reform.
Suburban Mom Handcuffed, Jailed for Making 8-Year-Old Son Walk Half a Mile Home
Heather Wallace plead guilty to child endangerment and can no longer work with kids.
Parents Face Criminal Charges Over Children's Tattoos
Plus: a nationwide injunction on student loan forgiveness, Tyson and Holyfield team up on marijuana edibles, government needn't save risky crypto investors from themselves, and more...
Mother Loses Custody of Daughters Partly Because She Talked to Them About Her Sex Life,
and because she left a sex toy where one of them could find it.
Unconstitutional for Court to Threaten Suspending Custody Rights for "Any Further Unfounded Allegations" of Abuse
The order “could encompass speech ... that [the mother] believe[s] valid and substantiated even if CPS ultimately determines that [it is] not.”
Court Upholds Removal of Child From Parents, Related to Child's Transgender Identity
The facts are complicated, and involve a good deal more than just disagreement as to gender identity; but it seems to me like an important controversy.
Arkansas Ban on Gender Transition Treatments for Minors Hits Federal Court
Plus: Rethinking "zombie cells," Truth Social whistleblower speaks out, and more...
Another Analysis Suggests Mandatory Reporting Laws May Be Doing Children More Harm Than Good
Plus: Virginia lawmaker wants to criminalize parents who don't affirm child's gender identity, inflation is up 8.2 percent over the past 12 months, and more...
Despite State Injunctions, Parents Say Texas Is Still Investigating Trans Kids for Potential 'Abuse'
When it comes to gender identity issues, some conservatives make a mockery of liberty and parental rights.
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Warns About Unsafe 'Back-to-Schooling'
You're more likely to be struck by a meteor than to have your kid abducted by a stranger.
A Florida Appeals Court Denied a Parentless Minor a Waiver of Parental Consent for an Abortion
The case shows the power given to judges when parental consent or notification is required for a minor's abortion.
A Mom Let Her 7-Year-Old Play in the Park. Arizona Arrested Her and Banned Her From Working With Kids.
Sarra's name was added to the government's official list of unfit caretakers after she briefly ran an errand without her kids in tow.
Does the Government Really Need To Help Parents Spy on Their Kids?
A robust market of monitoring technology already exists. There's no need to boost it further by government fiat.
Parents of Michigan School Shooter Appeal Manslaughter Charge
Plus: The emptiness of "national conservatism," anti-tech antitrust antics, and more...
Divorced Couple Dispute Over Pre-Embryos: One Wants Them Destroyed, the Other Wants Them Implanted
Colorado law says that ordinarily the decision is in favor of the person who doesn't want the embryos implanted; the Colorado Court of Appeals held that this applies even when the person has religious reasons for wanting to donate them to another couple.
Don't Call Child Services on Families Who Take Their Kids to Drag Shows
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis thinks drag shows represent "child endangerment."
She Let the Kids, Ages 3 and 5, Wait Briefly in the Car. Now She Can't Be a Teacher.
Many parents are on the child abuse and neglect registry, and they don't even know it.
Anti-LGBT Panics Are Bad for Everyone's Liberty
Politicians respond to often unfounded fears with aggressive laws that interfere with individual and family choices.
Appellate Court Reverses Child Custody Decision That Was "Based on [a] Decade-Old Sexual Assault Allegation"
The appellate court also rejected the trial court's reliance on the 8-year-old child's "unsubstantiated" allegations of abuse.
Appellate Court Upholds Trial Court's Rejection of "[Independent] Custody Investigator" Opinion
Among other things, the investigator "appeared to accept Father’s explanation that his 2003 kidnapping conviction based on allegations of domestic violence in a previous relationship was a misunderstanding, not the result of criminal conduct," "[finding] 'credible' Father’s explanation that he 'was unfairly incarcerated based on the lies of the victim and because of the racist justice system.'"
Mothers' Lawsuits Claiming Univ. of Pittsburgh Medical Center Interfered with Parental Rights Can Go Forward
The claims arise out of “UPMC’s purported disclosure of their confidential medical information to [child protection authorities] for the purpose of targeting them with highly intrusive, humiliating and coercive child abuse investigations starting before taking their newborn babies home from UPMC’s hospitals shortly after childbirth.”
Divorce Agreement Provision Requiring "Great Care Prior to Introducing" Child to Their Lovers
held to be vague and therefore unenforceable.
Woman Calls Security on Dad Taking Pictures of His Own Kids, Then Pepper Sprays Him
"The suspect then intervened, deployed pepper spray and sprayed the victim, before fleeing the scene on foot," according to the police.
Want To Stop School Book Battles? Give Parents Real Choice in Education
State-level "gag orders" on teaching certain texts and ideas are terrible and utterly predictable in a one-size-fits-all K-12 educational system.
10 Georgia State Senators—All Republicans—Want To Expand Government Control of Private Schools
You are not for school choice or parents’ rights when you try to ban race and LGBT subjects in private education.
How the Government Keeps 'Indian' Children From Loving Homes
The broken foster system for Native American kids is finally up for Supreme Court scrutiny.
Texas Sued As State Starts Investigating Parents of Trans Children for 'Child Abuse'
ACLU: “The agency’s new rule substitutes parents’ judgment as to what medical care is in the best interests of their children for the judgment of the government.”
