parental (adj.)

• adoring
• affectionate
• ancestral
• conjugal
• covering
• custodial
• defensive
• demonstrative
• devoted
• faithful
• fatherlike
• fatherly
• filial
• fond
• husbandly
• lovelorn
• lovesick
• lovesome
• loving
• maternal
• melting
• motherlike
• motherly
• parent
• paternal
• patriarchal
• preventive
• prophylactic
• protecting
• protective
• romantic
• sentimental
• soft
• tender
• tutelary
• uxorious
• vigilant
• watchful
• wifely