In contrast, to qualify as a solicitor nowadays a youngster without parental assistance faces debts of nearly 30,000.

He's also one of a handful of friends who are homeowners - and none of us could buy a property without parental assistance.

Even former billionaires may need parental assistance.

More people own their home outright today than have a mortgage and more than a third of first-time buyers get parental assistance.

These support groups encourage parental assistance in the running of school groups and fundraise for their clubs.

It involves making available all places at independent day schools on the basis of merit alone, irrespective of parental income.

He also reduced the parental income threshold for the means-tested maintenance grant, meaning fewer students will be eligible.

The study took into account socioeconomic status and parental income.

Your gifted son may be eligible for a scholarship rather than a bursary dependent on parental income.

Pupils who get free school meals - because of low parental income - are less likely to go university at all, or to start work or enrol in training.

Only those deemed by clinicians to have sufficient maturity and intelligence to understand the risks and consequences of treatment can undergo it without parental permission.

They can, however, check these materials out (without parental permission) from their local public library.

The students with parental permission are given ten-minute sessions twice a day.

Under-16s should obtain parental permission before leaving their details for the prize draw and if selected as winners must be accompanied by an adult.

Nurse couldn't give them without parental permission.

Was there parental pressure to drive her into the arms of the rich rock star?

And when the courageous stands you do take are explained away as the result of parental pressure, there's scant incentive to remain upright.

And at what age, realistically, can he make that decision free of parental pressure?

There's a thin line between parental support and parental pressure.

Extra cash comes with more parental pressure.

Any differences in financial and parental rights are being smoothed out, but one significant difference will remain.

Surely, as with parental rights, these go hand in hand with responsibility.

Not for the first time, the debate over parental rights and responsibilities became the focus.

Why doesn't he go to court and seek full-time parental rights?

They claim the former dental nurse signed away her parental rights in return for a house and a multi-million dollar lump sum.

Ten-year-olds will be able to work as long as they are under parental supervision and if they also attend school.

And as long as it goes hand in hand with proper parental supervision, it can only be a good thing.

I take it he's taking a leaf out of his own dad's book of good parental supervision and guidance?

We have mass truancy, poor parental supervision and a lack of discipline in schools.

These are easy to spot in advance; those skipping or excluded from school and lacking parental supervision.

The evidence shows that high quality, sustained early years education and parental support can help combat this trend.

There's a thin line between parental support and parental pressure.

The conference voted to campaign for 'parenting skills programmes and parental support networks'.

We have very firm discipline, the teachers wear gowns, we expect and get parental support.

The first was just the right type of parental support.