Parents watch kids from afar.

Meaning: This sentence describes the watchful eyes of parents keeping an eye on their children from a distance.

Choice of Words: Parents are adults who take care of children, watch means to look at something carefully, kids is a casual term for children, from indicates a starting point, and afar means from a distance.

Alternative Expressions

Parents keep an eye on their kids from a distance.

Meaning: This means the same as the first sentence. Parents are watching their children to make sure they are safe and doing okay, even though they are not right next to them.

Choice of Words: Parents are the grown-ups who take care of children or kids. Keep an eye on means to watch someone or something carefully. From a distance means from a distance, not close by. So, "Parents keep an eye on their kids from a distance" means that parents make sure their children are safe and doing okay, even when they are not right next to them.

Parents supervise their children from a distance.

Meaning: This means the same as the first two sentences. Parents are watching their children to make sure they are safe and doing okay, even though they are not right next to them.

Choice of Words: Parents are the grown-ups who take care of children or kids. Supervise means to watch over someone or something and make sure they are safe and doing what they should be doing. From a distance means from a distance, not close by. So, "Parents supervise their children from a distance" means that parents make sure their children are safe and doing okay, even when they are not right next to them.

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