Posts by Parental Rights Foundation
Another Mom Arrested? Not If We Can Help It!
You probably remember seeing it on the news: Georgia mom Brittany Patterson was arrested on October 30th after her almost 11-year-old son walked unattended to the local store, less than a mile from his home. Now, your Parental Rights Foundation is working to make sure this doesn’t happen to another Georgia parent ever again. And we…
Read MoreMinimizing the Government’s Role in Families’ Lives, with Grover Norquist
Welcome back to the EPPiC Broadcast! Our latest episode features Grover Norquist, the founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform, a political advocacy group fighting for lower taxes. Today, he talks about limiting the government’s role in telling citizens how to live their lives – which naturally impacts its power over parents and families. The EPPiC…
Read MoreThe African American Family Preservation Act Victory, with Kelis Houston
Welcome back to the EPPiC Broadcast! Our latest episode features Kelis Houston, the founder of Village Arms, a community organization dedicated to reducing the number of African American children removed from their families by Minnesota’s Child Protection System. Today, she gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the background of the African American Family Preservation Act…
Read MoreEmail Today to Support “The Brittany Patterson Act” in Georgia
House Bill 552 (HB 552), “The Brittany Patterson Act,” has been introduced in the Georgia legislature and assigned to the House Committee on Judiciary Justice. Today, I am asking for your help to move this bill forward in committee. On October 30, 2024, Brittany Patterson was arrested when her almost-eleven-year-old-son was found walking home from…
Read MoreParents’ Educational Choices Past and Present, with Kerry McDonald
Welcome back to the EPPiC Broadcast! We’re kicking off season 10 with returning guest Kerry McDonald. Kerry is an educational scholar and author, and a senior fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education. Today she discusses the history of educational choice – including as recently impacted by COVID – and the variety of options parents can…
Read MorePodcast on Parental Rights Returns Feb. 25
The EPPiC Broadcast, the official podcast of the Parental Rights Foundation, will return for its tenth season on February 25. Featuring legal scholars, social workers, doctors, and parents with lived experience in the system, the EPPiC Broadcast began in 2020 with the aim of creating the world’s foremost audio library on parental rights experience and…
Read MoreCall to Support SB110 in the Georgia Senate
Senate Bill 110 (SB 110), a bill to revise the definition of “neglect” to provide “reasonable childhood independence” for minors and protect the rights of their parents to give them this independence, is slated for a hearing in the Senate Children and Families Committee either this Tuesday (2/11) or next (2/18). Introduced by Senator Jason…
Read MoreLegislative Update: Three Letters
Sometimes, the Parental Rights Foundation lets you know about legislation in the works in your state and urges you to contact your lawmakers to support (or, when necessary, to oppose) the bill in question. Other times, the proper approach is to send a letter of support (or opposition) to the appropriate lawmaker or committee. Already…
Read MoreEarly Victories This Legislative Session
The 2025 legislative session is barely underway, and already we’re seeing victories for parental rights. First, in Virginia, a bill aimed at removing the state’s religious exemption for homeschoolers was defanged in the Senate Committee on Education and Health. Senate Bill 1031 (SB1031), sponsored by Sen. Stella Pekarsky (D-36), underwent numerous edits and rewrites during…
Read MoreChampions of Parental Rights Take on the Child Welfare Narrative in D.C.
On Monday, January 13, The American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., held a panel discussion called What Are Parental Rights and How Far Do They Go? The focus of the discussion was on how much government intervention is needed to protect children from abuse, and how to balance intervention against family rights. The panel featured…
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