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

Should I give much of my kids' inheritance to them while I'm alive? Can I give differing amounts to different kids? Should I reveal my estate plan to my heirs? Financial advisor Russ Crosson gives sage and surprising answers to these and more questions.Additional resources:Books by Russ Crosson--Your Life Well SpentLeverage: Using Temporal Wealth for Eternal Gain (Russ Crosson and Kenneth Boa)Your Money Made Simple: The Key to Financial Freedom

Scholar Mark Hall on Gen Z and patriotism, Christian nationalism, capitalism and socialism, and how the Constitution looks after 250 years. Constitution Day is Sept.17, 2026--give it a read that day!

Additional resources:

Books by Mark David Hall:

Did America Have a Christian Founding? Separating Modern Myth from Historical Truth

The Political and Legal Philosophy of James Wilson

Faith and the Founders of the American Republic

Who's Afraid of Christian Nationalism? (Spoiler alert: Not an endorsement of Christian Nationalism)

George Washington, William Samuel Johnson, Roger Sherman, et al.: :)

The Constitution of the United States of America https://www.senate.gov/about/origins-foundations/senate-and-constitution/constitution.htm