Category: Parental Rights/ Parenting
Supreme Court will decide if parents may reject LGBTQ+ lessons for their kids
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up a culture wars dispute and decide whether parents have a religious liberty right to have their children “opt out” of using school textbooks and lesson plans with LGBTQ+ themes. The court must make clear: parents, not the state, should be the ones deciding how and when to introduce their children to sensitive issues about gender and sexuality.
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Do parents really have a favorite child? Here’s what new research from BYU says
Siblings share a unique bond built from shared memories, family rituals and the occasional argument. But ask almost anyone with a brother or sister and you’ll likely find a longstanding debate: who’s the favorite? New research from BYU sheds some light on that playful rivalry, revealing how parents might subtly show favoritism based on birth order, personality and gender.
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The Hidden Costs of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
Our most common source of developmental disability is fetal alcohol exposure, resulting in conditions under the umbrella of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. Despite the issuance of warnings against alcohol use during pregnancy, it is not unusual for pregnant women in the U.S. to drink – and even binge drink—during crucial phases of child development in the womb (which are all of them). At the policy level, clinicians, families, and policymakers are pushing to improve both prevention and support.
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Supreme Court upholds federal TikTok ban
The United States Supreme Court has upheld a federal law mandating that TikTok divest from its Communist Chinese ownership or be banned in the country. In a unanimous per curiam opinion released Friday morning, the Supreme Court concluded that the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act was constitutional.
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Embracing the Privilege of Womanhood
Among the traditional nativity characters, Mary has always been the one that has most profoundly spoken to me personally. I suspect that depth of intuitive, personal connection with her and the part she played in the blessed story among stories is a girl thing – a mother thing. As a result of personal lived experience, I and millions of other women like me, know what it feels like to be a woman and a mother. And I know what it feels like to be pregnant, to endure childbirth, to hold a tiny baby freshly arrived from heaven.
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How society can help women overcome postpartum disorders and thrive as mothers
Postpartum mood and anxiety disorders — including postpartum anxiety (PPA), depression (PPD), psychosis, and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), though colloquially referred to as PPD — are being diagnosed in an increasing percentage of women. A recent study published in JAMA Network Open shows that PPD rates have jumped over the past decade, from 9% in 2010 to 19% in 2021. Other sources show that “somewhere between 10 and 15 percent of mothers experience postpartum depression,” as I noted recently at The Federalist. While some of the past decade’s increase in diagnoses could be due to greater awareness, it is clear that more can and should be done for mothers experiencing PPD.
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Texas LGBT art exhibit could advance normalization of pedophilia, Christian group warns
A Christian religious liberty group is warning that an ongoing photography exhibit at a Texas museum could lead to the normalization of pedophilia and abuse after authorities reportedly seized obscene images from the exhibit. Police have reportedly removed four photographs from the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth exhibit “Diaries of Home” by acclaimed photographer Sally Mann after a number of Republican officials alleged the exhibit was promoting child pornography, according to KERA, a National Public Radio-affiliated outlet in North Texas.
Read MoreChildren Expelled From Kindergarten After Their Parents Objected To Poster Depicting Naked Trans-Identified Male Displaying His Penis
A kindergarten in Austria has expelled two children after their parents expressed concerns about graphic, sexual posters that had been hung in the facility. The posters, depicting nude trans-identified males, were reportedly created to “facilitate discussions in kindergarten settings.”
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Media Minnesota school district removes LGBTQ children’s book with nudity, despite objections
‘The Rainbow Parade’ depicts a young girl going to her first Pride parade with her two moms
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Planned Parenthood PA to Endorse in School Board Elections
At a webinar shortly after the Nov. 5 election, Planned Parenthood officials announced they plan to endorse and fund candidates for school board in Pennsylvania’s upcoming local elections.
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Taiwanese Parents Outraged After Gender Identity Survey Given To Schoolchildren Asks Whether They’ve Taken Lewd Photos Of Themselves
Concerns are raised for parents when they find out their children are being exposed to promotion of gender ideology at school.
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The Pornography Industry Should Not Be Allowed This Much Access to Our Children
Credible studies estimate that between 70% to 90% of our teens have been exposed to pornography online. A new report released this week, surveys the latest science on porn’s impact on children.
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