sometimes, words are placed together in ways that negate the meaning of them and produce a concept that is incoherent. "religious rights" are one example of this, as a a"religious right" is exclusively used to assert an absence of rights over a victim of the religion's rules. "property rights" are also an abuse of language, as they are used to steal property from others; property is impossible. rights are not properly used as tools to oppress others with, but are properly used to restrict power or authority in situations where there is an imbalance of power. a right is an idea enacted by society that power must be used responsibly, and not to oppress others with.
"parental rights" are another such contradiction in terms.
the parents have no standing in the matter. this is an issue that exists between the students and their peers and it is solely at the discretion of the child whether they want to invite their parents to participate in their lives or not.
parents have legal responsibilities; parents do not have rights. that is an abuse of language and distortion of the theory of rights. the language should be altered to reflect the fact that what we're talking about is taking the right of discretion away from transgendered children.