filial

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The discussions range from people frustrated with controlling parents, to those exhausted from the pressure to excel academically or heed advice in the name of "filial piety".

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

As Hyllus, the son of Hercules and Dejanira, David Portillo was similarly impressive, his bright, easy tenor and excellent diction assets in his ardent filial devotion and wooing of Iole.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Mrie’s father had other ideas: Their filial obligation was to marry another well-connected Alawite — or risk losing their inheritance.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

To embody the idea of filial piety to appeal to the Grand Queen Dowager, Yeon creates doenjang-guk, a traditional soybean paste stew, but adds two special ingredients: spinach and clams.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2025

I stopped, unwilling to make my first foray into filial disobedience w'ith one who faced her Maker—but could not refrain from saying, “I ask you not to tell me children’s tales of panthers pulling chariots.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson