Posts by Sheila Roberts
Doe v Woodard
Read the brief. Child welfare investigations inflict harm on children. That’s the emphasis of our brief to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Doe v. Woodard, a case in which a three-year-old girl was strip-searched by a welfare investigator at her preschool without her parent’s knowledge or consent. The mother…
Read MoreState Registration Disclosures
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Read MoreMeet the New President
ParentalRights.org president, Will Estrada (right), with former ParentalRights.org president, Jim Mason (left). Happy new year! I wanted to take a moment to introduce our new president, Will Estrada, now that he has been leading ParentalRights.org and the Parental Rights Foundation for the last month. As we approach the fifteen-year anniversary of PRO, both Will and I thank you for…
Read MoreKeeping Children with Their Parents, with Shanta Trivedi
Our child welfare system exists to protect children from harm. Yet, in most jurisdictions in America, courts fail to consider the trauma that children will suffer if they are removed from their parents. The best way to protect most children is to support their parents and families. This week, Michael talks with Shanta Trivedi, an Assistant…
Read MoreNew President: “Last week was very successful!”
Dear Parental Rights friends, Last week was a great week for Parental Rights across the nation, and this is just the beginning. It started off on Giving Tuesday, when, because of your generosity, we raised over $60,000 in just 24 hours. And a few hours later, I took off for my first trip representing parents…
Read MoreThe Right to Choose a Babysitter, with Peter Kamakawiwoole
A new law in Virginia makes it illegal for parents to choose babysitters based on shared beliefs. Not only does this new statue violate previously existing law, it represents a dangerous threat to parental rights. This week, Homeschool Legal Defense Association staff attorney Peter Kamakawiwoole, who has helped us to file suit against this law, joins us…
Read MoreThe Case for Blind Removals, with Dr. Jessica Pryce
Our child welfare system removes minority children from their parents’ homes at a much higher rate than white children. What if there were a way to remove racial biases from CPS child removals and end the over-representation of black and minority children in our child welfare system? This week, Michael talks with Dr. Jessica Pryce,…
Read MoreMaking More Time for Parents, with Andrew Brown
The 21st Century Children and Family Act, recently introduced into the House of Representatives, promises to reduce “legal orphans” in the foster care system by supporting families up front and keeping them together. Can we expect to see this change succeed? This week, Michael talks with Andrew Brown, a distinguished senior fellow of child and family…
Read MoreParents and the 2021 Virginia Election, with Generation Joshua
The recent Virginia gubernatorial election signaled a win for parental rights, arguably on a national level. Will the growing grassroots support for parental rights continue? This week, Michael talks with Joel Grewe and Jeremiah Lorrig, director and deputy director, respectively, of Generation Joshua — an organization dedicated to educating youth about the political process and…
Read MoreParents Issue Wake-up Call in Virginia
Will you help us ride the wave? “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach,” said Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe in a debate on September 28, 2021. Those twelve words will live on in infamy in electoral politics. Mr. McAuliffe had led every poll until then. His party comfortably won…
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