parental responsibility
Caring for offspring
Parental responsibility is the legal term for the duties, rights, and authority a parent has regarding their child's upbringing and welfare.
It covers decisions about education, medical treatment, religious instruction, and living arrangements.
In British law especially, the phrase distinguishes legal parenthood from biological parenthood—a stepparent or guardian may have parental responsibility without being a birth parent.
The court granted him parental responsibility after the adoption was finalized.
- guardianshipLegal care of another
- custodyProtective care or control
- child welfareProtecting minors' wellbeing
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- tough loveBeneficial strictness from affection
schooling · role modeling · family values · bonding · nurturing · emancipation · adoption · letting go · tutoring · school pickups · attachment · quality time · bedtime stories · sacrifice · encouragement · communication · trust-building · duty of care
- family lawchild custody, child support, alimony, family court, divorce petitions
- child lawchild custody, child protection, child welfare, child support, child rights
- custodychild custody, joint custody, custody agreement, custody schedule, custody evaluation
- parental rightscustody order, legal custody, joint custody, sole custody, child custody
- school attendanceattendance, absence, absences, truancy, tardy
- child custodychild custody, custody order, shared custody, sole custody, joint custody
parental responsibilitychild neglect
Failure to care for minors
child abandonment · parental neglect · abandonment · dereliction of duty · child abuse
parental responsibilitystate custody
Government holds legal guardianship
foster care · institutional care · state intervention · child protective services
parental responsibilityself-determination
Control over one's fate
independence · adulthood · coming of age · self-reliance · legal majority
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