I don't think he would neglect his children, or allow elders to make all the decisions, I believe that he would encourage his children to play on his own. I would go with he encourages children to play on their own.
.The only sentence that contains a parallel structure is option B. Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal
Options A,C and D are not ´parallel structures because they do not carry the same tense
Parallel structure means that the items included in a list must be in the same form, in this case all main verbs are in the past simple
Answer:
I do believe that Darry loves, Ponyboy and that he is only treating him the way he is out of personal interest. Darry just wants to keep Ponyboy safe because he is his older brother and that's his job.
Explanation:
He had never been as scared as he was now.