"You realize that you're not the only adult in the world who doesn't know how to swim," she said.

And the only adult who's paying serious attention is the neighborhood pedophile.

Each child wears an identification card with photographs of his parents, the only adults who can claim him.

Jack was fifteen and he felt like the only adult in his house.

"The police are often the only adults they can turn to, the one stable thing in their lives."

The only adult in the household with a job was Stevens's grandfather.

The only adults were those who had rescued and protected the young.

Counselors shouldn't be the only adults in our schools given the responsibility of making meaningful, positive connections with children.

Sometimes their teachers and counselors are the only adults they know who hold jobs or have college degrees.

The baby was blessedly quiet, and the priest seemed the only adult in the room with any sense.