如果做父母的不始终如一，孩子会觉得无所适从。

Children find it difficult if a parent is inconsistent.

《牛津词典》

青少年常常不遵从父母的条条框框。

Teenagers often revolt against parental discipline.

《牛津词典》

父母可设定机器在某些时候不启动。

Parents can program the machine not to turn on at certain times.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Again, there's no advertising affecting this, there's no parents being irresponsible and buying sugary cereals for the poor little animals.

此外,这个结果并不受广告营销的影响,也不因为有父母不负责任,给这个可怜的小动物买高糖的谷物

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Day and night I begged my mother and father to take the bag away shaking with terror because no one saw them but me.

我无时无刻不乞求我的父母,指着那些袋子，让他们带走,我怕的发抖,由于除了我再也没人能看到。

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And I think many parents believe that if they didn't persist in using these things their children would never learn to speak.

我相信很多父母认为,如果他们不坚持使用这些东西,他们的孩子将永远也学不会说话

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