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Of course HIV positive children in the UK remain with their parents, just as any other child, as long as their parents are able to look after them.

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  1. noun One who begets, gives birth to, or nurtures and raises a child; a father or mother.
  2. noun An ancestor; a progenitor.
  3. noun An organism that produces or generates offspring.

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  • Of course HIV positive children in the UK remain with their parents, just as any other child, as long as their parents are able to look after them. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • I've been a Red Sox fan since birth -- 1975 -- as my parents and 3 / 4 of their parents were also Sox fans. —  A Red Sox Fan From Pinstripe Territory
  • Build an application that works for your parents is the most easiest way to get around the problem of building up a peace of nerdy cake for geeks. —  Scobleizer
  • City school installs system to curb bunking school or your parents will be alerted in 30 minutes. —  WN.com - Articles related to Give us credit, not blame: Classes
  • That they should even pause so far as to make a doubt whether the individual or his parents were the object of this displeasure, arose only from the absolute coercion to so much reserve as this which was continually obtruding itself in the cases where innocent infants were the sufferers. —  Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1
 

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