Talk:Parens patriae

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I think this article is lacking as long as it fails to discuss the use of parens patriae powers over children in schools, including colleges. In the last century college has been less about molding character and instilling virtue, and more about transmission of knowledge and reasoning skills. The shift in the purpose of the college and university is correlated with the move away from the use of Parens Patriae as the description of the colleges' relationship to their young students.70.230.233.88 20:21, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Translation

The translation on this page and the translation on the List of Latin Phrases disagrees. Neither agrees quite with its meaning.

On this page, Parens Patriae is rendered "father of the people."

On the list, however, it is rendered "parent of the nation"

They should agree. 71.126.255.237 06:08, 14 November 2007 (UTC)