Parental Rights Archives – Page 3 of 3 – Citizens Commission on Human Rights, CCHR

Reliance on Suicide Risk Assessments May Increase Suicide Deaths

by CCHR Florida | May 20, 2020 | Mental Health Screening, Parental Rights, Suicide

Due to COVID-19, mental health advocates are predicting that “suicide is likely to become a more pressing concern as the pandemic spreads and has longer-term effects on the general population, the economy, and vulnerable groups”. One solution being offered up is...

What are Parental Rights in Florida?

by CCHR Florida | May 17, 2020 | Ask CCHR Series, Parental Rights

The interest of parents in the care, custody, and control of their children is recognized as a fundamental liberty. A list of “Parental Rights” has been compiled using existing rights understood to be guaranteed to a parent so that all parents can easily know and...

Mental Health Watchdog Reaches Over 100,000 in Campaign to Protect Parental Rights

by CCHR Florida | May 12, 2020 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Parental Rights

Last month the Citizens Commission on Human Rights of Florida (CCHR), launched a revised website and a campaign designed to help parents understand some of their rights. While parental rights have historically been viewed as fundamental, an erosion of these rights has...

Mental Health Watchdog Launches Website to Educate Parents on Their Rights

by CCHR Florida | Apr 23, 2020 | Baker Act, Parental Rights

Earlier this month the Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), an international mental health watchdog organization, launched a newly revised website designed to help parents understand some of the rights accorded to them under the law....

What are Parental Rights?

by CCHR Florida | Apr 12, 2020 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Parental Rights, Rights

Even before the current pandemic scare, Florida parents have worried about protecting their children, particularly at school. The fact that children were being regularly taken from school without prior parental notice or agreement for involuntary psychiatric...

Six-year-old Allegedly Forcibly Drugged in Psychiatric Facility: CCHR Demanding Answers

by CCHR Florida | Apr 12, 2020 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Parental Rights

With all the media coverage and outrage over six-year-old Nadia Falk’s forced stay and alleged drugging in a Florida psychiatric facility this February, a deeper question is raised. What is the justification for the psychiatric drugging of children, and especially the...

Baker Act Reform Continues to Leave Parents Out of the Solution

by CCHR Florida | Apr 9, 2020 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Legislation, Parental Rights

The mental health law in Florida, commonly called the Baker Act, allows for anyone, no matter their age, to be taken into custody for an involuntary psychiatric examination. This includes children and during 2017-2018 there were a staggering 36,078 involuntary...

Parental Rights

by CCHR Florida | Mar 29, 2020 | Parental Rights

Introduction On July 1, 2021, Florida’s Parents’ Bill of Rights became law. As a parent, you need to know and understand these rights. CCHR has created a series of 15-30 second videos to help explain some of these rights as well as a simple booklet that...