parental
Like a mother
Parental means relating to or characteristic of a parent.
Parental love, parental responsibility, parental guidance.
The term often appears in institutional contexts: parental consent for a minor's medical procedure, parental controls on devices to restrict children's access.
Parental leave is time off work to care for a new child.
State of being a female parent
- fatherhoodState of being dad
- maternityState of being pregnant
- paternityMale parent status
- maternalOf or like mothers
paternal · pregnancy · birth · lineage · heredity · genetics · kinship · ancestry
Supportive care-giving
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- upbringingChildhood care and training
- provisionPreparatory supply or clause
rearing · tending · fostering · bonding · affection · attention · responsibility · sustenance
Lines marking separation
- rulesPrinciples governing behavior
- strictnessInflexibility in enforcement
- correctionFixing of mistakes
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
expectations · consequences · control · enforcement · punishment · training · obedience · grounding
Preventing harm or loss
- shieldingProtecting from harm
- watchfulCarefully attentive, observant
- vigilantKeenly aware of danger
- securityProtection from threat
sheltering · guarding · cautious · defensive · custodial · preventive · surveillance · alert
Voluntary agreement given
- permissionGranted right to act
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- endorsementFormal expression of support
- authorizationFormal permission granted
sign-off · agreement · sanction · advisory · rating · supervision · restriction · notification
motherhood
State of being a female parent
- fatherhoodState of being dad
- maternityState of being pregnant
- paternityMale parent status
maternal · paternal · pregnancy · birth · lineage · heredity · genetics · kinship · ancestry · offspring
nurturing
Supportive care-giving
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- upbringingChildhood care and training
provision · rearing · tending · fostering · bonding · affection · attention · responsibility · sustenance · education
boundaries
Lines marking separation
- rulesPrinciples governing behavior
- strictnessInflexibility in enforcement
- correctionFixing of mistakes
structure · expectations · consequences · control · enforcement · punishment · training · obedience · grounding · time-out
safeguarding
Preventing harm or loss
security · sheltering · guarding · cautious · defensive · custodial · preventive · surveillance · alert · monitoring
consent
Voluntary agreement given
- permissionGranted right to act
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- endorsementFormal expression of support
authorization · sign-off · agreement · sanction · advisory · rating · supervision · restriction · notification · involvement
- -al adjectivescultural, emotional, environmental, federal, financial
- kind traitskind, caring, compassionate, nurturing, tender
- rightscivil liberties, constitutional rights, right, rights, human rights
- demographicspopulation density, population growth, age distribution, population, gender ratio
- geneticsDNA, allele, genotype, genes, gene
- permissionsread, write, execute, delete, grant
parentalfilial
Of sons or daughters
childlike · daughterly · juvenile · child's · childish
parentalnonparental
Not from one's guardians
neglectful · uninvolved · childless · absentee · abandoning
- single parentUnpartnered mother or father
- foster parentsAdults raising others' children
- parental controlsSettings limiting child access
- helicopter parentsExcessively protective caregivers
- parental guidanceAdvisory for young viewers
- parent-teacher organizationSchool-family liaison group
parent, parents, parenting, parentage, parental alienation, parenthood, grandparents, parenthetically, parental leave