Reber v. Hanson

“The legal obligations of parenthood include the duties of support, of care and protection, and of education.” 39 Am. Jur., Parent and Child, p. 593, sec. 6.

“It is the right and duty of parents under the law of nature as well as the common law and the statutes of many states to protect their children, to care for them in sickness and in health, and to do whatever may be necessary for their care, maintenance, and preservation, ... A parent in the immediate control of a child of tender years who is too young to be capable of exercising any self-reliant care for its own safety is responsible for…