1.   As the only voice of reason around, the conscientious parent walks this minefield with caution.

2.   Conscientious parents, eager to have the best for their children, increasingly resort to home schooling.

3.   Even conscientious parents cut corners on must-do chores.

4.   Furthermore, even the most conscientious parents have trouble distinguishing a good preschool from a poor one.

5.   Like any conscientious parent, she regularly offered, apropos of nothing, directions to the bathroom.

6.   The newest versions of Internet Explorer allow conscientious parents to deny access to sites that voluntarily rate themselves as adult-oriented or just plain naughty.

7.   The miracle that qualified Edith Stein for sainthood began with the kind of thoroughly avoidable childhood accident that haunts the imagination of every conscientious parent.

8.   They are conscientious parents who make a major investment in their young.