he Evans family just secured a major win for parental rights in Idaho, with the state Supreme Court ruling that a law purporting to require grandparent visitation is unconstitutional. In this interview on Conversations That Matter with The New American magazine Senior Editor Alex Newman, the parents and the attorney who filed an amicus brief in their […]

The Idaho Supreme Court struck down as “facially unconstitutional” the statute allowing the award of grandparent visitation over the objections of fit parents. Parents, and no one else, have the constitutional right to decide with whom their children spend time and under what circumstances.” — David DeLugas, Executive Director, ParentsUSA ATLANTA, GEORGIA, USA, September 26, […]

  As a parent, one of the principal areas of concern for you is the education of your children. You, of course want to ensure the best education possible for your children. In this country, in which the lines of parental rights and the state’s can get a little blurry at times, it is crucial to […]

Six-year-old Nadia King was sent to a mental hospital without her mother’s consent and held for 48 hours after she allegedly threw tantrums at her kindergarten. According to the child’s mental heath counselor, she was “out of control and throwing a tantrum.” The Sheriff reported the girl had been “destroying school property, attacking staff and […]

Your child, who receives treatment for a condition diagnosed by doctors at Tufts University Medical Center, is transported to Boston Children’s Hospital to receive medical treatment. Instead of receiving the medical treatment your daughter needs, she is denied that medical care and YOU are accused of medical child abuse only because you are providing the […]

Recently, the Founder and Executive Director of ParentsUSATM, David DeLugas, was a guest on the Growth Exponential Podcast. It isn’t remarkable that he was interviewed as reporters and pundits seek out the views of ParentsUSATM. What is worthy of your listening to this podcast is the discussion that covers the missions of ParentsUSATM, its goals […]

Police took Hannah’s 11-year old daughter from her without a court order and turned the child over to her father who had relinquished custody in 2012 and even had a court order to stay away from the mother and the child. The mother’s attorney noted the strange circumstances of this case in which the state […]

Too many times, the government oversteps its authority, infringing upon the rights of parents and their children and, thereby, interfering with the parent-child relationship. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an amicus brief in the Texas Supreme Court in support of parental rights, fighting against the government’s excessive intervention in the relationships between parents and […]

Should a child whose parents struggle to make ends meet be shamed for not being able to afford school breakfasts and lunches, running up debt at school that goes unpaid? In schools across the USA, children and parents are undergoing scrutiny and shame for their school meals’ debt and it’s a national problem that needs […]

Eight-year old Dontay Davis suffered from emotional and behavioral problems after the state removed his siblings and him from his parents in 2005 and placed his siblings and him in foster homes, presumably for their benefit. In his first foster home, Dontay often acted violently against his younger brothers, behavior which caused him to be […]