Description: Learn about the erosion of parental rights in America--and what we can do to protect this vital right for present and future generations.
For almost 100 years, the U.S. Supreme Court has recognized the traditional role of parents in directing the care, custody, and control of their minor children. In Wisconsin v. Yoder , the Court declared that parental rights have been “established beyond debate as an enduring American tradition. ” 406 US 205, 232 (1972)
Despite this, many government actors and agencies today are working overtime to substitute a parent’s decisions with the government worker’s own view of what is best for a given child. From schools to hospitals to child welfare investigators, “experts” think they know what’s best for your child better than you do.
And while this has been going on for decades, we have all become painfully aware of it since the recent pandemic, when many learned for the first time just how much power the government wants to have over our children.