Kate Anderson, senior counsel and Director of the Center for Parental Rights at Alliance Defending Freedom, outlines what parental rights are, where they come from, and how you can assert and protect your rights to raise and educate your child as you choose. School, gender issues, privacy, adoption/ foster care eligibility, and more are covered, and Leah speaks from her own experience as an attorney partnering with ADF.

Additional resources:

Free booklets from Alliance Defending Freedom-- Parents in Control--https://adflegal.org/resource/parents-in-control-usa-curriculum-surveys-opt-out-rights/ Confronting Religious Discrimination: A Guide for Foster and Adoptive Parents--https://adflegal.org/resource/religious-discrimination-foster-adoptive-parents/Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925)--268 U.S. 510--https://www.oyez.org/cases/1900-1940/268us510Mirabelli v. Bonta, emergency order (2026)--https://www.thomasmoresociety.org/case/mirabelli-v-olsonMahmoud v. Taylor (2025)--606 U.S __ --https://www.oyez.org/cases/2024/24-297Owasso Independent School District v. Falvo (2002)--534 U.S. 426-- https://www.oyez.org/cases/2001/00-1073FERPA (34 CFR Part 99--Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act--https://studentprivacy.ed.gov/ferpaEqual Access Act--98 Stat. 1302, 20 U.S.C. §§ 4071-4074--Bd. of Education of Westside Community Schools v. Mergens (1990)--https://www.oyez.org/cases/1989/88-1597Oregon foster adoption--Jessica BatesKallie Keeler case--Washington state 2026--https://adflegal.org/press-release/high-school-female-athlete-sues-after-unknowingly-wrestling-male-who-sexually-assaulted-her-during-match/?reference_code=11041076&utm_medium=paid_search&utm_source=google&utm_content=%7E20248933359_150742826875_alliance+defending+freedom%5E814946495493&utm_campaign=brand-searchTF and BF v. Kettle Moraine School District (2021)--https://adflegal.org/press-release/wisconsin-court-rules-protect-parents-rights/ Jennifer DeGross and Shane DeGross v. Tana Senn in her official capacity as Sec. of Washington State Dept Children,Youth, and Families, et al. (2026)--https://adflegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/degross-v-hunter-2026-05-20-permanent-injunction.pdfMead v. Rockford Public School District--https://adflegal.org/case/mead-v-rockford-public-school-district/Jessica Bates (2026)--https://adflegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/bates-v-wendt-2026-09-09-stipulated-order-judgment.pdf