Supporters of the policy say it discourages parents from sending their children to the United States.

Child-care groups say the city's bureaucracy is discouraging prospective parents.

She discourages parents from volunteering in their own children's classrooms.

Popular media has tried to discourage parents from sharing sleep with their babies, calling this practice unsafe.

Clearly, the policy is meant to discourage parents from seeking treatment for their newborn babies.

But she and others discourage parents from choosing a program solely to bolster a child's admissions prospects.

She said that the paperwork, which is mandated by state law, was discouraging civic-minded parents from serving.

No school administrator would discourage parents from helping out.

This is usually impossible and it is likely to discourage parents.

It is distressing that an article like this might discourage parents with fine values from sending their daughters to an excellent school.