parental

Example Sentences

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Roughly two dozen more have some kind of regulations regarding minors and indoor tanning, such as requiring parental permission or barring only younger children.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

By “they,” of course I mean the very modern parental pronoun for “me.”

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

His writings suggest he may have anticipated ideas now associated with epigenetics, considering how diet, blood, and parental behavior might influence offspring.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

Importantly, the intervention also reduced one key metric: parental anger about infant sleep.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

It was the job of parental units to protect their children from harm.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry