parent up
When a mother and/or father need to take a greater responsibility in raising their child/children and not have extended family be guardian.
Sue and Dev need to parent up and stop leaving their kids off with her parents to raise.
mod parent up
Means roughly "I agree" or "read this!"; unequivocal agreement with or endorsement of someone else's statements, oftentimes accompanied by an elaboration on the original statement. Generally found online in forums in reply to a post which the user of the phrase wants to highlight as exceptionally insightful or worthy of other readers' attention. Infrequently used IRL but hey, it's got to start somewhere. Possibly but inconclusively coined on slashdot. May occasionally be used in response to an item with which the user disagrees but wants to honorably highlight anyway.
David: You know, medieval people didn't really believe the earth was flat.
Frank: Mod parent up! This is a total myth. The story was made up as a strawman to make fun of religious people, but it is bogus. Every literate person knew the earth was a sphere, and probably every illiterate person also.
Sarah: But they did think the earth was the center of the universe.
Frank: Mod parent up! This is a total myth. The story was made up as a strawman to make fun of religious people, but it is bogus. Every literate person knew the earth was a sphere, and probably every illiterate person also.
Sarah: But they did think the earth was the center of the universe.
Word up, parents?
What you say to your parents when you're trying to be cool. You know you do it.
Word up, parents? You better be washing my dishes!
step-up parent
A mother or father figure to a child that is not married to the childs parent.
A mother or father figure that stepped-up to the plate.
A mother or father figure that stepped-up to the plate.
I'm here to pick up my son from the nurses office, I'm his step-up parent.