What do a middle school survey, children’s programming and parental rights have in common?
Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) says they’re all part of a growing trend of excluding parents from important decisions affecting their children.
In this episode of the Family Policy Alliance Report, Craig DeRoche sits down with Rep. Hageman to discuss why parental rights matter, from education to children’s programming. These issues are also at the heart of Family Policy Alliance’s Let Parents Parent campaign, which exists to protect parents’ fundamental right to direct the upbringing, education and care of their children.
One example is two congressional resolutions Rep. Hageman has introduced to strengthen parental rights. One calls for greater transparency around LGBTQ-themed content in children’s programming by requiring content warnings, while the other focuses on increasing parental access to school curriculum and student records. Together, she says, they reflect a broader effort to ensure parents remain at the center of decisions affecting their children.
Along the way, they discuss:
- The Wyoming case of a school transitioning a student without the parents’ knowledge
- Why one streaming giant’s children’s programming is drawing congressional scrutiny
- The role parents can play in holding schools and lawmakers accountable
- How states are leading the fight to protect parental rights
Whether you’re a parent, grandparent or simply concerned about the direction of our culture, this conversation explores why parental rights continue to be one of the defining issues facing families today.
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