When did we decide that speaker phone, video calls, podcasts, video shorts, etc. in public spaces without headphones was acceptable behavior?

Texas foster youth on mental-health drugs not properly monitored by state, professor says dallasnews.com/news/politics/…

The Texas Quote of the Day should be enjoyed like a cup of good coffee on a clear, sunny Texas morning ... "Going west, through Texas, you leave Fort Worth and come out suddenly onto a rolling, bare-hilled country that stretches away on every side. Without warning you have been

For most parents, Shrier is right: we should resist the urge to pathologize our children. ifstudies.org/blog/most-kids…

Just a reminder that I am "For" or "Against" the current thing, as appropriate.

In 2017, Texas had 30,000 in Texas DFPS care. Now, there are fewer than 16,000. Texas has reduced the number of children separated from their families in measured, thoughtful ways over four legislative sessions. This is a model for family justice. imprintnews.org/top-stories/te…

Thank you James Frank for your leadership.

Shame on you Fort Worth Star-Telegram for this histrionic piece of safetyism. No wonder parents are stressed out and children are anxious. Yes, children under 12 can be left safely at home. They are competent and capable of independence. You will not be arrested. 🙄 star-telegram.com/news/state/tex…

Earlier this year, a friend of mine almost had his young daughter taken from him in California just because he wanted her to wait a few years to permanently transition. He talked the police out of taking her when they came to his house. That day, he left California with his

Texas is about to put a father to death based on junk science. Even lead detective disagrees: “I have come to believe that Nikki died of accidental and natural causes. I am convinced that she was not murdered. Roberson is innocent. There was no crime.” texasobserver.org/death-row-shak…

My friend and adoptive father Matt Waller from One Accord for Kids, Texas Public Policy Foundation with Sen. Charles Perry and James Frank for screening of Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot (NOW). #fosterwesttexaskids

When hospitals report mothers to child welfare authorities based on an incredibly unreliable test, they end up removing perfectly healthy children from loving, responsible parents. reason.com/2024/09/13/the…

The palpable bloodthirst for the democide of #RobertRoberson is really sad, and reflects a deep ignorance of the 'science' of 'child abuse pediatrics,' generally, and 'shaken baby syndrome,' specifically. Thanks to the brave #txlege members and advocates fighting this injustice.

Thank you, Senator Kevin Sparks, for your commitment to foster children in West Texas and around the state.

Excellent read from Bill Peacock: "If we are going to truly restore the original constitutional structure for our nation, we must look to Bible to understand how God designed the world to work and civil government’s role in it..."

SCOTX Chief Justice Blacklock said using the state’s authority to take children from their parents should be the last resort, likening the action to a civil death penalty. dallasnews.com/news/politics/…

Thank you, Chief Justice Blacklock, for highlighting the need to reform grounds for terminating parental rights - the "civil death penalty" - and calling for the complete elimination of the misused and constitutionally suspect Subsection O.

🎧 Regulatory Transparency Project: Our Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair 🦥 talks to Maureen Flatley about how states steal Social Security funds from orphans, keeping in mind many kids in foster care will face poverty later in life bit.ly/4haE4gd