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Parents commonly expect that universities have greater control over privately owned off-campus student housing than universities may actually possess.

A 2025 national survey by the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) found that nearly 1 in 5 U.S. high school students (ninth through 12th grade) reported that they or someone they know has had a romantic relationship with an artificial intelligence system.

Parents and caregivers should learn to recognize grooming tactics, supervise children’s interactions, and avoid leaving children entirely unsupervised in order to help detect and prevent child sexual abuse.

Parents and teachers' advocacy groups can use threats of litigation or formal legal complaints to pressure school districts to comply with or enforce state education codes and policies.

Some political actors argue that decisions about transgender student policies should be made at the local level by parents, educators, and teachers rather than being dictated by state or federal politicians.

Parents may bring legal claims seeking monetary relief under the Fourteenth Amendment when they allege that school policies or personnel interfered with their parental decision-making, including claims for reimbursement of private school tuition, medical expenses, or counseling fees.

A constitutional amendment can affirm parental rights by adding language that declares parents are the primary decision-makers for their children and that parents bear the responsibility to nurture and protect their children.

The federal Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA) establishes a parental right to inspect instructional materials used to instruct their children in schools.