Your Parental Rights...

Preserving parental rights is an issue of great importance to all parents everywhere, not just homeschoolers. But in recent years, support for a high-view of parental rights has been seriously undermined by the current Judicial and Legislative branches of our government. As a result, numerous lower federal courts refuse to treat parental rights as deserving of protection as a fundamental right. This creates an unfriendly environment for parents in their vital role as primary protectors for their children.

Find out more about what is being done to protect parental rights. Visit the Parental Rights Foundation. 

Do you know your rights? Take the parental rights quiz!

Current Legislation HOME is Following

Find out more on our Legislative Watch page.

U.S. Department of Ed to Schools: Honor Parental Rights

From the Department's website: "No government agent, including the local school, should be keeping secrets from you about your child that will hinder your fundamental right to direct their upbringing, education, and care." 

From U.S. Secretary Linda McMahon: "Parents are the most natural protectors of their children. Yet many states and school districts have enacted policies that imply [that] students need protection from their parents. These states and school districts have turned the concept of privacy on its head—prioritizing the privileges of government officials over the rights of parents and wellbeing of families."

State policies that promote keeping secrets from parents about their children hinder the fundamental right of parents to direct their education, upbringing, and care resulting in more families turning to homeschooling.  Read more.

Movie Promotes Parents' Rights to Educational Choice

"The God’s Not Dead franchise continues in God’s Not Dead: We the People as Reverend Dave (White) is called to defend a group of Christian homeschooling families. He finds himself taken aback by the interference of the government, and believing that their right to educate their own children is a freedom worth fighting for, Reverend Dave is called to Washington DC to testify in a landmark congressional hearing that will determine the future of religious freedom in our country for years to come."

Is the right to choose homeschooling for your child secure?

Some child's rights advocates, like Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Bartholet, believe that homeschoolers are a threat to the rights that state governments (not parents) have in order to ensure a child's right to an education and to personal well-being.

Participants at the 2021 Harvard Homeschool Conference in June debated the need for further regulation of homeschooling, and whether or not parents are fit to teach their own. Watch the sessions. 

Homeschool leaders presented clear facts during the debate that support the role of parents in the education and upbringing of children. Read HSLDA's detailed report on the event.