Sometimes parents urge their children to divorce their partners as a way to deal with rifts.

有的时候父母督促他们的子女与其伴侣离婚来处理他们之间关系的裂痕。

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In my early 30s, as my friends became parents and partners, and after I'd watched my father die of cancer, my life, which had previously been quite social, began to tilt.

在我30多岁的早期，随着我的朋友们陆续成为人之父母和人之伴侣，还有，在我看着我的父亲死于癌症后，我的曾经相当社交化的生活开始偏向了。

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In fact,the orientation program for new students at Virginia Tech this summer includes a meeting for parents called "Parents as Partners."

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Kent Parents as Equal Partners was set up in 2008 to help parents of children with special educational needs and disabilities.

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Kent Parents as Equal Partners said staff needed to have more training.

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"For any of us that have spent weeknights sprinting between classrooms for parent-teacher conferences, it's clear that the city doesn't treat parents as real partners in educating kids, " said Mr. de Blasio, whose two children went to city public schools.

WSJ: Parents Seen Less Involved in Schools