Synonyms for parental
pəˈrɛn tlparental

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1. parentaladjective

   designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced

   Synonyms:
   paternal, maternal

   Antonyms:
   filial, daughterly

2. parental, maternal, paternaladjective

   relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent

   "parental guidance"

   Synonyms:
   enate, paternal, agnatic, maternal(p), agnate, enatic, maternal

   Antonyms:
   daughterly, filial

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1. List of paraphrases for "parental":

   parenting, parents, parent, paternal, parentale, child-rearing, child-raising, biparental, childcare, patriarchal, parenthood

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1. Jason Kelley:

   Social media provides a lifeline for many young people, in addition to community, education, and conversation, they use it in part because it can be private … The law, which would limit social media access and require parental consent and monitoring for minors, will incalculably harm the ability of young people to protect their privacy and deter them from exercising their rights.

2. Rumbold Seidelman:

   To protect themselves, it's very important for same-sex couples to secure their parentage by obtaining a court order of adoption or order of parentage from a court since court orders are entitled to full faith and credit, couples -- especially in hostile states -- should not rely on their marriage, or both being on the birth certificate, to secure their parental relationship to their child.

3. Laura Zorc:

   Parental rights in education were on the ballot this election, parents( Republican, Independent, and Democrat) across the country have been saying, ‘ Students Together -LRB- BEST -RRB- do n’t want your politics in Students Together -LRB- BEST -RRB- schools. ’ Tonight, parents delivered on their promises to vote these elites out of office.

4. Dana Weiser:

   Across multiple studies, I have found a strong correlation between parental infidelity and one’s own infidelity history, so in general, yes, parent infidelity history is associated with a greater likelihood that their child has cheated at least once in their own relationships.

5. Greg Abbott:

   Some have suggested this will be used for parental empowerment and things like that, all of that is completely separate from what’s happening with HISD.