Don't Co-Parent With Congress
Instead of lobbying for age verification and youth social media bans, parents can simply restrict their kids' smartphone use.
Instead of lobbying for age verification and youth social media bans, parents can simply restrict their kids' smartphone use.
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"?
The local prosecuting attorney in Sunflower, Mississippi, is seeking to take away Nakala Murry's three children.
A new survey highlights how fear-based parenting drives phone-based childhoods.
The law would require platforms to use invasive measures to prevent most teenagers under 16 from making social media accounts and bar all minors from sexually explicit sites.
A law forcing kids off social media sites is still likely coming to Florida.
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.
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 father had an earlier history of sexually assaulting children.
And some good news, after all.
"People understand that these child abuse pediatricians have unlimited power," says Aaron Rapier, an attorney for the Kruegers.
An interesting case, decided under an Ohio statute.
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten misses a pretty big reason why families are leaving traditional public schools.
"During the custody battle [in Saudi Arabia], Ghassan AlHaidari accused Bethany of gender mixing, adultery, and insulting Islam and Saudi Arabia. Gender mixing, a punishable crime, entails having a male friend. To prove the charge of adultery, Ghassan submitted a photograph of Bethany with a male, who Ghassan claimed to be her boyfriend. The crimes of adultery, insulting Islam, and insulting Saudi Arabia carry a death penalty in Saudi Arabia."
Plus: A listener question concerning porn verification laws.
There are already people responsible for regulating children’s online activity: parents and guardians.
A federal court rejects challengers' Free Exercise Clause and parental rights claims.
Foster parents face state regulations that go far beyond preventing abuse and neglect.
The Center has gotten rich in part thanks to its "hate map," which smears many good people.
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.
Plus: A listener question considers the pros and cons of the libertarian focus on political processes rather than political results.
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.