Parental investment is:

A) the amount of money parents invest in each child.
B) the time and effort parents must invest in each child they produce.
C) how similar a parent is to her or his child.
D) the amount of confidence a parent has in her or his child.

Parental Investment

The time and energy that a parent invests in raising their offspring, which influences the survival and reproductive success of the offspring.

Time and Effort

The investment of personal resources, including temporal duration and physical or mental labor, towards achieving a goal or task.