The phrase "distraught parents" refers to parents who are extremely upset, worried, and distressed about something concerning their child. Full definition
(It's a long story, involving yet more lies by Cooper Union to the New York State Education Department, but suffice to say that it ended with dozens of distraught parents crying in the admissions office, after they were told that the program their children had been accepted into didn't actually exist.) (splinternews.com)
As a Virginia Beach, VA - based medical malpractice lawyer whose colleagues often represent distraught parents in birth injury cases, I congratulate Illinois attorney Patrick Salvi II for helping this family receive the monetary compensation they surely deserved — and will need to keep their son as healthy and happy as possible. (va-nc-medical-surgery-malpractice-attorneys.com)
Distraught parents whose child is dead or dying must be asked to make yet another sacrifice. (discovermagazine.com)