Obstacles on the Road to Parental Rights

As we continue our journey along The Road to Parental Rights, this week we confront the challenges that stand in the way. Across the nation, parents are encountering barriers that strike at the heart of their most fundamental responsibilities. Whether in classrooms, hospitals, or courtrooms, the freedom to guide a child’s upbringing and care is being tested.

These threats are real, and they are growing. In education, we find parents like January Littlejohn, whose daughter’s mental health plan was intentionally ignored by her school and replaced with that they thought she needed, making treatment and health virtually impossible. In health care, parents face resistance when they seek to make informed medical choices for their children, from vaccine schedules to needed care for pain, like in the case of Maya Kowalski. And in law and policy, we continue to see antiquated practices that elevate government authority over the family itself, ignoring the trauma caused both to parents and the very children the government is “trying to save.”

While the obstacles are serious, they are not insurmountable. Every challenge we face reminds us why this work matters and why it must continue. Through rigorous research, educational outreach, and principled advocacy, the Parental Rights Foundation works to equip citizens, lawmakers, and courts with the knowledge needed to protect the family as the cornerstone of a free society.

Your support makes that possible. Each time you share these stories, engage your community, or contribute to our mission, you help ensure that no parent faces these challenges alone.

We invite you to watch this week’s video in our Giving Tuesday series to see how these roadblocks are affecting families and how, together, we can clear the way forward. Then, share it with your friends and ask them to consider supporting us on December 2. On that date, every gift will be tripled, right up to our $60,000 goal.

Thank you for standing with us on this road. The threats are real, but so is our resolve, and with your help, the future can be brighter for every parent and child.