parental

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Mary Ziegler, a professor at the UC Davis School of Law and an expert on American parental rights laws, said the ruling was “arguably significantly more extensive than the Supreme Court has spelled out.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026

“Bans risk isolating teens from online communities and information, and driving them to unregulated alternatives that lack built-in protections and parental controls,” Meta said.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

I was 17 and leaving meant no parental control.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

Families in the U.S. continue to have fewer children, despite modest improvements in paid parental leave, the expansion of the child tax credit, and improved workplace protections for pregnant employees.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026

But none of their usual parental tricks succeeded in undoing the spell.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord