0 being responsible for a child while the child's parents are absent:
He stands, therefore, in loco parentis-he is a selfconsciously benevolent paternalist.
The teacher is often in loco parentis despite the fact that he is dealing with an adult.
The state, acting through the local bureaucrats employed in each school, now stood in loco parentis, a role made possible by the state's emphasis on morality.
The entire basis for it to be done in a school is that the school is operating in loco parentis.
It cannot be achieved unless we recognise all the good work done by our schools, including their in loco parentis or parenting role.
It seems a great pity that no such allowance is made when grandparents take over in loco parentis.
Would there be anybody in loco parentis?
After all, if one asks what it is that parents do—in other words, what "in loco parentis" means—they look after children.
