My parents expected the children to go to work to help support the family.

It was what his fine parents would have expected of him.

He comes from a family where his parents expected him to be perfect.

Her parents were both doctors and expected a lot from their daughter.

And his parents - what do they expect of them?

But modern parents don't really expect much of a return from the resources they spend on their children.

If parents expect the worst they are quite likely to get it.

His parents, he said, expected him to become a rabbi.

"The story is that his parents were expecting a girl child."

They say that parents who pay for their children's education expect them to be given homework.