parental support — help from parents
collocationB1IELTS 5+neutraloccasional
The help, encouragement, or care that parents give to their children, especially with things like school, life decisions, or emotional needs.
Say it like a native
Textbook Children benefit from the provision of support by their progenitors.
Native Kids do better with parental support.
'Support by their progenitors' is absurdly formal; 'parental support' is the term.
Pattern: parental support (noun, uncountable); parental support for [someone/something]
In use
- Many students achieve better results when they have strong parental support.family
- In my opinion, parental support is essential for a child's success, both in school and in life.IELTS speaking
Common mistake
✗ Children need the support of parental.
✓ Children need parental support.
'Parental support' (adjective + noun); don't use 'parental' on its own as a noun.
Common collocations
parental support— parental support, lack of, with strong, parental involvement
Don't confuse it
Different from 'financial support', which only means money; 'parental support' can include emotional, practical, or academic help.