parental responsibility
collocation in Englishmeaningsofparentalandresponsibility
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parental
adjective
uk/pəˈren.təl/us/pəˈren.t̬əl/
relating to parents or to being ...
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responsibility
noun
uk/rɪˌspɒn.sɪˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/rɪˌspɑːn.səˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
something that it is your job or duty to ...
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(Definition ofparentalandresponsibilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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On this reading, the argument forparentalresponsibilityand liability takes on a strict liability cast.
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The article discusses the extent ofparentalresponsibilityand its limits.
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Sachish is young and vulnerable; his uncle takes on aparentalresponsibilityfor him.
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Parentalresponsibilityto ensure effective work-life balance for the benefit of children.
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Someone withparentalresponsibilitycannot overrule a valid consent given by a child.
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The article explains the concept ofparentalresponsibilityand its impact on the issue of consent to examination or treatment.
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The feeling ofparentalresponsibilityin the matter of finding a "groove" for sons was great.
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Parentalresponsibilityis, of course, also gendered in relation to the construction of male responsibility, specifically for child support.
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The criterion of the best interest of the offspring is generally accepted nowadays as an important ingredient ofparentalresponsibility.
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The assertion ofparentalresponsibilityin difficult public situations and children's acceptance of parental intervention demonstrates children's relatively weak public position.
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In one case, it was ruled that a court could intervene to settle a dispute between two parents, both withparentalresponsibility, about immunization.
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Proposals aimed at shoring upparentalresponsibility/enabling parents to meet their responsibilities to their children and their employers.
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Because of the small number of members and the social values ofparentalresponsibility, the influence of such groups probably would not be found throughout the state.
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The notion of absoluteparentalresponsibilityand child dependency in policy is, therefore, out of line with the more complex multi-directional negotiation of responsibility experienced by children.
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The idea ofparentalresponsibilityin this area implies that despite the rhetoric of choice, there are some reproductive decisions which it would be wrong to take.
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They regardedparentalresponsibilityas a lifelong commitment and therefore the non-custodial parent should make a financial contribution irrespective of the legal status of the relationship to the custodial parent.
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Even those who subscribed to the view that parents were largely responsible for looking after children integrated discourses of individual responsibility with that ofparentalresponsibility.
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Given this, more research is needed on the impact on quality of life of the lengthening of the period ofparentalresponsibilityinto and beyond mid-life.
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They also reveal continuties between these cases and more standard norms ofparentalresponsibility, providing a justificator y account for quite standard practices of child support.
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