It might be delivered by a parent (7)

I believe the answer is:

lecture

(Other definitions for lecture that I've seen before include "University lesson" , "Deliver a talk" , "University talk" , "Preach" , "Discourse for students" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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