middle-class parent
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middle-class
adjective
uk/ˌmɪd.əlˈklɑːs/us/ˌmɪd.əlˈklæs/
UK
relating to a social group that consists of well-educated people, such as doctors, lawyers, and teachers, who have good jobs and are not poor, but are not ...
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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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Nomiddle-classparentknown to the writer has objected to this estimate.
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To that extent, the position of themiddle-classparentis eased.
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The value of s is chosen so that middle-class parents are better off.
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Notably, consensus was stronger among middle-class parents, with working-class parents not reaching the consensus baseline.
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In the 1930s, middle-class parents also turned to the child guidance clinics established by psychiatrists involved in the mental hygiene movement.
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However, these percentages equal 400 out of a total of 418 of all middle-class parents, and 411 out of a total of 694 working-class parents.
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Middle-class parents had faith that the colonies would substitute acceptable futures for shrinking career opportunities at home.
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Further, a view of fractured family life and friendships seems to be stronger among middle-class parents, with fathers being more likely to perceive a general social decline too.
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The colonies were respectable, but the knowledge of specific colonies among middle-class parents, and their sense of the preparation needed for colonial life, was often ineptly vague.
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I am not referring solely to middle-class parents who have fallen on hard times.
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But we know that most middle-class parents save for their children, which is very sensible.
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The very people who are proposing that are proposing the abolition of the means test for middle-class parents who send their children to universities.
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Not very long ago middle-class parents paid for the fees of all medical students.
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It is not only articulate middle-class parents who have an interest in their children.
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It simply is not fair if only middle-class parents benefit from changes.
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