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Parents do not have an absolute right to do whatever they want to their children. For example, parental rights do not justify the medical or surgical alterations of their children’s healthy bodies, upending their development and causing long-term (and maybe permanent) injury. Parental rights do not include the rights to harm children. For the same reason, parents do have the right to protect their children from harm, such as being inducted or indoctrinated against their will into a harmful ideology. The state has no business interfering with parents protecting their children from an ideology younger than smartphones.

These ever more conflicting laws bring with them a cultural reckoning. More parents will be forced to choose between their rights and state usurpation, between speaking out and remaining silent.

Last year, a coalition of organizations, including the Alliance Defending Freedom, Family Policy Alliance, Colson Center, and the Heritage Foundation, teamed up to issue a Promise to America’s Children, a commitment to protect their minds, their bodies, and their most important relationships amid this hypersexualized culture. Today, we join again, this time to issue a Promise to America’s Parents.

Florida’s new parental rights law may be controversial within much of the mainstream media, but it’s not so contentious among Americans, according to a new survey.

A new study from Arizona Christian University’s Cultural Research Center showed that in many cases, Christian parents do not always “follow through” on their biblical worldviews in their actions.

According to a newly released Barna survey, more than three-quarters of Christian parents say they are concerned about their children’s spiritual development and the possibility of them abandoning the faith.

Less than five percent of American parents who claim to be Christian possess a biblical worldview, new research out of Arizona Christian University found. The research also shows most parents today hold to a "syncretistic" belief system that blends multiple worldviews.

Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott has introduced a "parental bill of rights" to ensure that parents have greater control over their children's education.

Late last month, a 23-year-old Illinois woman was struck by a stray bullet and killed as she was reading the Bible to her daughter.

During a Virginia gubernatorial debate on Tuesday, candidate Terry McAuliffe defended his decision to veto a 2016 bill giving parents a warning about sexually explicit material, saying in a debate he doesn't believe parents "should be telling schools" what to teach.

According to a new study, throughout the pandemic, large numbers of U.S. parents decided to homeschool their children in place of sending them to public schools.