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parental home

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noun

  1. a school for problem children.


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Goldin also demonstrated that, although work opportunities for women expanded in the twentieth century, especially in societies in which children leave the parental home, they were not exploited as much as they could have been.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 11, 2023

"But these require additional collateral like cash or equity in the parental home," Mr Hollingworth said.

From BBC ● May 20, 2023

The average age people leave the parental home in Portugal is 33.6, the highest in the European Union, according to data from the bloc's statistics office.

From Reuters ● Mar. 21, 2023

In 2021, 58% of adults aged 18 to 24 lived in their parental home, compared to 17% of adults aged 25 to 34.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 3, 2021

Rabbi Simeon ben Gemaliel says, "it was the custom in my parental home to hand over to the non-Jewish laundress things to be washed, three days before the Sabbath."

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy by Sir John Alexander Hammerton

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