| 100% | BEHAVE | 6 | What a parent tells a child who's acting up |
| 50% | ASKNICELY | 9 | What parents say to a child who didn't say please |
| 42% | MISBEHAVE | 9 | Act up, like a child |
| 41% | THEONEMAN | 9 | What a parent might warn a child to watch out for |
| 40% | FOSTERING | 9 | Bringing up a child who is not a blood relative |
| 40% | SON | 3 | What a male child is to his parents |
| 39% | TONE | 4 | A parent may tell a child to watch it |
| 39% | TONE | 4 | A parent may tell a child to "watch it" |
| 39% | TAKETURNS | 9 | What parents say to children fighting over a toy |
| 39% | SNOWANGEL | 9 | A child who's lying might make one |
| 38% | GUTHRIE | 7 | "Today" coanchor Savannah who teamed up with Allison Oppenheim to write a children's book, "Princesses Wear Pants" |
| 38% | ETA | 3 | "What's your ___?" (text to a friend who's picking you up): Abbr. |
| 38% | ROWDY | 5 | Boisterous, like a kid who's amped up |
| 37% | ALICE | 5 | Children's character who asks herself "And what is the use of a book without pictures or conversations?" |
| 36% | WEB | 3 | What Charlotte made, in a children's book |
| 36% | FIRSTCOUSIN | 11 | Child of a parent's sibling |
| 36% | PROUD | 5 | Like a smiling parent at a child's recital |
| 36% | SPURT | 5 | Growth ___ (period when a child's height shoots up) |
| 36% | TAIL | 4 | What a donkey gets at a children's party |
| 36% | SONINLAW | 8 | What a husband is to his spouse's parents |
| 35% | SADDAY | 6 | What dropping off a last child at college is, to many parents |
| 35% | DUSTBUNNY | 9 | What a parent may think is under the [puzzle's central image] |
| 35% | MOMAGER | 7 | Certain parent overseeing a child's career, in showbiz lingo |
| 35% | HEYMOM | 6 | Child's attention-getting call to a parent |
| 35% | WOMBLE | 6 | A children's character who lives in Wimbledon |
| 35% | TIME | 4 | What a clock tells |
| 35% | TIME | 4 | What a watch tells |
| 35% | RONALD | 6 | What would you call a clown who serves you food from McDonald's? |
| 35% | ESAU | 4 | Whom "she saw...on a seesaw," in a children's ditty |
| 35% | COSIGNER | 8 | Parent vis-à-vis a child's loan, maybe |