parental

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Schools do consider parental assets, including college savings plans, Lockwood explained, but they only expect parents to put 5.64% of those assets toward college payments each year.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

Instead she saw parental bank balances tipping the selection scales.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

During this time, the owls are still under parental care.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Bills like the 2025 App Store Accountability Act, introduced to the House last year, would require age verification to download certain “age restricted” apps and parental consent for users under 18.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

My mother maintained the sort of parental mind-set that I now recognize as brilliant and nearly impossible to emulate—a kind of unflappable Zen neutrality.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama