parental
Example Sentences
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Once that child was born, their parental rights should not depend on whether West agrees with the medical decisions they make or whether she wants custody of the child.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The proposed law would ban children under 13 from social media and require parental accounts for those aged 13 to 15 to open limited accounts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
A proposed new law -- to be formally presented Thursday -- would mean banning minors under 15 from opening their own accounts, with a tiered system of access under parental supervision for younger children.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Earlier this year, Finance Minister John O'Dowd committed to changing family law to automatically remove the parental responsibility of anyone convicted of murdering someone with whom they shared a child.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
I would have been horrified if I had known that two days after I received the music box, Mary Miller wrote Mr. Ferris requesting that parental contact be stopped altogether.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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