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parental

[puh-ren-tl] / pəˈrɛn tl /


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As Anna Holmes recently pointed out in her blistering New Yorker essay, more than half of millennials have had parental help purchasing their home.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

The genius of “The Glass Castle” lies in Ms. Walls’s ability to transform horrific moments of parental malfeasance into scenes of humor, vitality and resilience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Data from parental control app Qustodio in August showed that under-16s in Australia were increasing their use of social media apps such as Instagram and TikTok despite the ban.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

“Our review of Common Sense Media’s methodology shows that the bulk of their testing may have begun and concluded before activation of parental controls was complete, making their findings inaccurate.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 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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