Paradoxically, many parents of would-be buyers are vehemently opposed to new housing developments in their own backyard, “without seeing the disconnect”, notes a planning expert.

矛盾的是，很多潜在购房者的父母却极力地反对在自己家后院建造新房的行为，一个规划专家指出“显然是与其切身利益息息相关的”。

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"My parents have this web of covered dishes and thank you notes -- all of these social ties and ties to the land run really deep, but they would never have called them that." Bryant says.

布莱恩特说：“我父母经常与邻居分享美食，并用便条表达对彼此的谢意——他们之间的感情深厚，也深深眷恋着这片土地，只是他们从来没有这样说过。”

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Very few parents, Ms Evans notes, have absolutely nothing to add to the lives of their children.

艾文斯女士指出，几乎完全没有绝对没有东西可提供给他们的孩子们的生活的父母。

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And faced with the high tuition costs at private Islamic schools, many Muslim parents elect,in the end, to home school their children - a choice,Haddad notes, often made as well by families of other religious faiths.

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Births have to be registered within 42 days - which the reports notes gives more leeway for parents to make arrangements to travel to register a birth - and the child does not need to be present.

BBC: Gwynedd register office closures: Public views sought

Coroner Ian Smith said staff had not listened to the baby's parents and had failed to record proper notes and spot that the baby was becoming seriously ill.

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During lulls in the fighting, some parents have approached the mosque, handed notes to those inside with the names of their children, who have then emerged.

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