loving parent

collocation in English

meaningsoflovingandparent

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loving
adjective
uk
/ˈlʌv.ɪŋ/
us
/ˈlʌv.ɪŋ/
showing a lot of love ...
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parent
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpeə.rənt/
us
/ˈper.ənt/
a mother or father of a person or an animal, or someone who looks after a person in the same way that a ...
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(Definition oflovingandparentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is not a relationship which seems aptly characterized as that which exists between alovingparentand child.
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People may think that if the children have onelovingparentwhen the marriage has broken up, that is far better.
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I am not against alovingparentcorrecting in an immediate, firm and loving way his or her child when it steps out of line.
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In no way was it the fault of the parents because they were loving parents.
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Those are the actions not of evil people, as was suggested earlier, but of loving parents.
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What is the matter with the home that we, the loving parents, have created which makes our child want to run away?
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Denying innocent children the opportunity of being loved and guided through life by loving parents who are there for them would be cruel and unjust.
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Young people thrive best when raised by loving parents living in stable relationships.
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We believe in supporting and sustaining the traditional family and, wherever possible, encouraging families to consist of two loving parents.
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That is the tragedy that clouds the life of these loving parents.
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I cannot argue with that if both those parents are loving parents, and violence was not a factor in the break-up of a marriage.
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At the moment, no legal right is enshrined for parents who are unfairly excluded from being able to be good and loving parents.
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Some children's photographs taken by loving parents in the early years of the child might well be regarded as indecent.
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For a child there is nothing better in the whole world than to be brought up in a secure family with loving parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts.
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He was a unique son of loving parents.
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There is no indication whatsoever that he had loving parents, siblings, or anyone in his life who was more to him than a mere acquaintance.
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Janie believes the carton must be some type of joke because her parents, are very loving parents.
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A boy, raised by loving parents who encouraged him to write, wrote happy stories for many years.
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