parental rights
Child-rearing legal powers
Parental rights are the legal authority parents have over their children—decisions about education, medical care, religious upbringing, and discipline.
Courts may terminate parental rights in cases of abuse or neglect.
The phrase has become politically charged, invoked in debates over school curricula, gender identity, and what information children can access without parental consent: The bill was framed as protecting parental rights.
- visitation rightsNoncustodial parent's scheduled contact
- homeschoolingFamily-directed academic instruction
- guardianshipLegal care of another
- legal guardianCourt-appointed child protector
- custodyProtective care or control
custody battle · shared parenting · custody agreement · emancipation · parenting plan · helicopter parenting · religious upbringing · adoption rights · moral instruction · parental consent · disability accommodations · truancy laws · school choice · opt out · language preservation · paternity · birth certificate · family law
- parentinggentle parenting, child, mom, children, kids
- reproductionreproduction, birth, baby, egg, sperm
- rightscivil liberties, constitutional rights, rights, human rights, immunity
- family lawchild custody, child support, alimony, family court, divorce petitions
- child lawchild custody, child protection, child welfare, child support, child rights
- child welfarechild protection, child welfare, foster care, child services, foster home
parental rightsstate custody
Government holds legal guardianship
wardship · foster care · institutional care · state intervention · state control
parental rightschildren's rights
Legal protections for minors
parental obligations · parental duties · minor's rights · juvenile rights · minors' rights