parental support
Mom and dad's help
Parental support is the financial, emotional, or practical assistance parents provide to their children.
In legal contexts, it typically refers to court-ordered payments for a child's care: The judge ordered parental support until the child turns eighteen.
The phrase also covers non-financial backing—encouragement, guidance, presence at school events: Studies show parental support correlates with academic success.
- caregivingAttending to dependents
- tuitionPayment for instruction
- financial aidFunding for education expenses
- homework helpAssistance with school assignments
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
school pickup · protection · safety net · reassurance · open communication · mentoring · life lessons · role modeling · affection · nurturing · warm meals · career guidance · emotional regulation · bonding · encouragement · physical presence · validation · trust
- support lawalimony, child maintenance, arrears, arrearage, back payments
- financial supportaid, allowance, funding, financial aid, grants
- self-worthself-esteem, self-worth, self-respect, self-love, self-acceptance
- adaptive supportassistive technology, assistive devices, adaptive equipment, mobility aids, accommodations
- child welfarechild protection, child welfare, foster care, child services, foster home
- education inequalityachievement gap, inequality, opportunity gap, social mobility, class divide
parental supportparental neglect
Failing to care for dependents
child neglect · neglect · abandonment · hands-off parenting · disengagement
parental supportparental rejection
Caregiver's emotional withdrawal
emotional abuse · belittlement · undermining · conditional love · disparagement