parents

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“We talk a lot about, ‘Parents know what’s best for their children,’” he said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2023

"It's very easy to say things like, 'Parents are helicopter parents and snowplow parents, and schools have the wrong values.' The fact is, this is a societal problem."

From Salon • May 1, 2022

“We can get so conditioned to that old phrase of, ‘Parents parent and coaches coach,’ ” McNair said.

From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2020

“The easy thing to do is to close and throw up our hands and say, ‘Parents, you deal with it.’

From Washington Times • Sep. 25, 2019

"Has he not somewhere also said, 'Parents, provoke not your children to anger'?"

From Alfgar the Dane or the Second Chronicle of Aescendune by Crake, A. D. (Augustine David)