parental
IPA: pɝˈɛntʌɫ
noun
- A person fulfilling a parental role.
adjective
- Of or relating to a parent.
- Befitting a parent; affectionate; tender.
- (genetics) Of the generation of organisms that produce a hybrid.
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Examples of "parental" in Sentences
- Is her ex-husband trying to scare her into taking action that would help him regain parental rights?
- What we term parental affection is, I believe, in part an outgrowth of this feeling of responsibility.
- I believe in parental choice and age appropriate information which informs honestly about consequences.
- Many of these young folks seem to lack in parental guidance and are looking to those of us on the F&S site for advice.
- There are built-in parental controls that let you restrict Internet access to certain times of the day, as well as block access to age-inappropriate websites.
- In the future, the memo states, the state will have to obtain parental consent or a court order first, “unless life or limb is in immediate jeopardy or sexual abuse is about to occur.”
- "Parents have been sold a bill of goods that is highly destructive, because it overemphasises infant and toddler nurturing to the detriment of long-term parental and educational responsibilities."
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