I don't mean to suggest that a parent should just throw a child into any situation and expect him to land on his feet.

The parents would practically throw their kids at him.

On such occasions, the parent will throw water into the child's face.

Both parents got very emotional and threw their arms around her, although she had never felt they were very close before.

A similar notion was used when the Penguin's parents threw him into a river as a baby.

"When I was young, my parents threw a lot of parties," he recalled.

My parents threw me out of the house for a while.

He is removed from the swimming team and his parents throw him out of their house.

My parents threw me in the pickup, and we went for a long drive.

Some parents are throwing Halloween parties this year to keep children off the streets.