According to a critic, one of the important themes in Pride and Prejudice is parenthood. How is this theme dealt with in this novel?

The Need of Parental Supervision over ChildrenParenthood is indeed an important theme in Pride and Prejudice. And it is not the excellences of parenthood which the novel highlights; it is the deficiencies in parental supervision over children that are brought into prominence by the author. The novel seeks to show that the upbringing of children is something to which many parents up not attach