parental supervision
collocation in Englishmeaningsofparentalandsupervision
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parental
adjective
uk/pəˈren.təl/us/pəˈren.t̬əl/
relating to parents or to being ...
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supervision
noun[U]
uk/ˌsuː.pəˈvɪʒ.ən/us/ˌsuː.pɚˈvɪʒ.ən/
the act of watching a person or activity and making certain that everything is done correctly, ...
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The depressive symptom only boys received lower levels ofparentalsupervisionand participated in fewer family activities with their parents.
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These included a relative absence ofparentalsupervisionand discipline and a lack of interest in religion.
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One of the strongest of these is poorparentalsupervision.
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In future studies, the mediating role ofparentalsupervisionor other potential mediators could be tested in the same way as the present mediators.
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Variables with significant risk and promotive ends included peer delinquency,parentalsupervision, parental stress, interpersonal callousness, attitude toward delinquency, and likelihood of being caught.
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This is also an appropriate target for intervention in terms of building the skills of parents, as well as social policy to makeparentalsupervisionmore feasible.
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Visits to the cinema could also be a source of potential partners, as well as a significant arena for developing courtship activity away fromparentalsupervision.
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But they include also poor parenting, harsh and inconsistent discipline, and lack ofparentalsupervision.
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It has reduced the number of children who get hold of such items withoutparentalsupervision.
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Within the family, if there is one, they are parental criminality, poorparentalsupervisionand family conflict.
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The aim should be to ensure that such products are inherently safe and do not require constantparentalsupervision.
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The important thing in this matter is that there should be a measure ofparentalsupervisionand responsibility.
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The alternative to leaving home as a teenager to work as a farmhand was, in most cases, to stay in the parental home and work there underparentalsupervision.
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Many of these activities occur late at night withoutparentalsupervision, as adolescents are also increasingly allowed to determine their own bedtimes and to stay up later than their parents.
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Among explanations for these problems, the one most cited is the decline ofparentalsupervisionin a country where most parents work full-time.
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The implications are enormous—these children will grow up withoutparentalsupervision, support or care, many without an education, and alienated from society.
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The level ofparentalsupervisionhas led us to the conclusion that courts must have the opportunity to make a parenting order.
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Otters are natural swimmers and, withparentalsupervision, they acquire the skills necessary to swim.
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Meetings between lovers began to be more distant from rigidparentalsupervision.
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In many cases, there was littleparentalsupervisionof children in some of the poorer districts.
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They have precious littleparentalsupervision, and from the moment they are old enough to go to school unaccompanied they start to play truant, missing vital education.
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She was criticized for depicting children with littleparentalsupervision; her critics thought that this would encourage child rebellion.
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In addition, the school calendar results in the absence ofparentalsupervision, facilitating teenage recruitment by the drug trafficking organizations.
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If we could encourage fewer parents to drive children to school, and more children to walk to school—perhaps underparentalsupervision—that would be a win-win situation.
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