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.”
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.
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When it comes to gender identity issues, some conservatives make a mockery of liberty and parental rights.
You're more likely to be struck by a meteor than to have your kid abducted by a stranger.
The case shows the power given to judges when parental consent or notification is required for a minor's abortion.
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.
A robust market of monitoring technology already exists. There's no need to boost it further by government fiat.
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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.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis thinks drag shows represent "child endangerment."
Many parents are on the child abuse and neglect registry, and they don't even know it.
Politicians respond to often unfounded fears with aggressive laws that interfere with individual and family choices.
The appellate court also rejected the trial court's reliance on the 8-year-old child's "unsubstantiated" allegations of abuse.
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.'"
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.”
held to be vague and therefore unenforceable.
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