parental obligation

collocation in English

meaningsofparentalandobligation

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parental
adjective
uk
/pəˈren.təl/us
/pəˈren.t̬əl/
relating to parents or to being ...
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obligation
noun
uk
/ˌɒb.lɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɑː.bləˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
the fact that you are obliged to ...
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(Definition ofparentalandobligationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I support its emphasis onparentalobligationand its stress on the duties that both parents owe their children.
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This week, we have seen the irresistible force ofparentalobligationmeeting the immovable object of political correctness.
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Every system that we have studied involves some element of family orparentalobligation.
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He is thus unburdened of anyparentalobligation.
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Thus, persons undertake parental obligations when they decide to procreate.
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Vehmas agrees that parental obligations are initially created by the choices made by the parents.
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We shall have to discard a good deal of conventional thinking about parental obligations.
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We must ask ourselves whether we believe that all parental obligations to daughters living at home end the moment they become adult.
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I hope that it will make them think long and hard about parental obligations.
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How else will they fulfil their parental obligations and duties under the law to ensure that the child is at home?
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They are fulfilling their parental obligations.
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One cannot fulfil one's parental obligations as the representative of a local authority if one fails to see the child for whom one is discouraging those responsibilities alone.
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Depending on the jurisdiction and its laws, he may or may not later be eligible to seek parental rights or be held responsible for parental obligations.
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