At the collegiate level, in
loco parentis predominately developed as a US approach to student affairs.
As such, logic would dictate that in
loco parentis should also be limited.
The term parent is set forth in the FMLA to mean "the biological parent of an employee or an individual who stood in
loco parentis to an employee when the employee was a son or daughter." (45) As when the employee is the person who is in
loco parentis for a child, there needs to be no biological or legal relationship between the employee and the person who was in
loco parentis when the employee was a child for the employee to now use FMLA leave to care for this parent.
As Connecticut's highest court explained in 1925, the true test is "not the time or place of the offense, but its effect upon the morale and efficiency of the school." (5) The "in
loco parentis" doctrine is not dead in the public school context, (6) but it is subject to statutory limitations.
In
loco parentis had disappeared in a haze of pepper gas by the time Bev wrote her report two years later, but the inequities between women and men that she reported were much more damning.
Drawing on the concept of a narrative, this article describes three basic patterns underlying the roles and relationships between parents and educators in urban schools: the deficit, in
loco parentis, and relational narratives.
In "Welcome to the Pun-Free University" (page 40), David Weigel reports on how the principle of in
loco parentis has returned with a vengeance to the nation's colleges, strangling not only student freedom but most of the fun out of higher education.
Students sometimes give that answer: "You can't tell me what to do with my girl or boyfriend--you are not my mom!" In California, the legal concept of "in
loco parentis" does exist.
(15) Parents (including guardians and persons acting in
loco parentis) are considered to be the "personal representatives" of their un-emancipated minor children if they have the right to make health care decisions for them.
She even acted now and then, in
loco parentis. Once I shoved a copy of Barbara Tuchman's The Guns of August, onto the adult check-out counter high above my head.
Exactly at what point did business become responsible for the conscience of American consumers and gain in
loco parentis honors for their children?
The court found that Naumoff's in
loco parentis status gave her standing to win joint custody, which prevented her from claiming she was not liable for support.
