Children's Rights
“Stalking-Type Behavior”/”Coercive Control” of Minor Stepdaughter, or “Salutary” “Parental” Behavior?
From Toles v. Toles, decided yesterday by the Washington Court of Appeals (opinion by Judge Leonard Feldman, joined by Judges Linda Coburn and David Mann):On May 23, 2024, following many months of ongoing conflict and related…
Parental Rights Not to Have School Hide Child’s Social Gender Transition / Parental Rights to Provide Child with Surgical or Hormonal Gender Transition
Today's unsigned majority opinion in Mirabelli v. Bonta held that California policies that "prevent schools from telling them about their children's efforts to engage in gender transitioning at school unless…
Justices Debate Substantive Due Process Again, This Time in Parental Rights / Gender Transition Concealment Case
Today's unsigned majority opinion in Mirabelli v. Bonta held that California policies that "prevent schools from telling them about their children's efforts to engage in gender transitioning at school unless…
How a kids’ soccer game in Utah became a child welfare case
Heather Bryant, a teacher in Park City, Utah, only learned that a Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) worker had interviewed her three kids after the fact. "I got a call from the DCFS investigator," Bryant…
Former homosexual: Same-sex ‘marriage’ has been a disaster for children. We must overturn it
Wed Jan 28, 2026 - 3:37 pm EST (LifeSiteNews) — On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court took a sledgehammer to the bedrock of Western civilization when it instituted homosexual “marriage” across the land. Through its…
Lawsuit alleges New York holds juveniles in solitary cells without toilets
Teenagers as young as 12 years old in New York juvenile detention centers are held for prolonged periods in solitary confinement cells without plumbing, according to a lawsuit filed earlier this month. A federal class action…
Atlanta mom let her son ride to the park alone. Georgia called it neglect.
With schools closed for Election Day 2025, Mallerie Shirley's 6-year-old son was riding his electric scooter to and from the local playground—about a third of a mile away—on the bike trail just outside their Atlanta…
Should Child Protective Services Intervene More?
Naomi Schaefer Riley and Martin Guggenheim debate the resolution, "Government-run child protective services should intervene more in the lives of children." For the affirmative is Riley, a senior fellow at the…
Ninth Circuit Suspends Injunction Blocking California Policy Limiting Teachers’ Disclosure to Parents of Student’s Changed Gender Identity
A short excerpt from the Ninth Circuit's order yesterday in Mirabelli v. Bonta (Chief Judge Mary Murguia, joined by Judges Andrew Hurwitz and Salvador Mendoza): Plaintiff-Appellees are four parents and four Escondido…
Parental Custody Rights, Homeschooling, Religiosity, Views on “LGBTQ+ Community,” and More
Reed v. Reed, an appeal decided Wednesday by the Pennsylvania Superior Court (Judge Mary Jane Bowes, joined by Judges Mary Murray and Jill Beck), involved a paternal grandfather seeking shared legal custody and partial…
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