What are examples of parental love in Romeo and Juliet?

There are good examples of parental love in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. First, Lord Montague and Lady Montague demonstrate their love for Romeo in their concern over Romeo's depression in the beginning of the play. Montague notes that Romeo is often seen crying in a sycamore grove and then comes home and shuts himself away in his room. Montague is unable to ascertain the reason for Romeo's sadness. His son will not tell him, so he enlists Romeo's cousin, Benvolio, to find out Romeo's problem. Once the issue is known, Montague, like a caring father, says that he can come up with a proper "cure" for Romeo's "sorrows." Eventually, the audience learns that Romeo is in love with a girl who does not share his affection.

Another two examples of parental love involve Lord Capulet and the idea of a marriage between his daughter Juliet and Count Paris. In the first example, Capulet is revealed as a loving parent when he suggests that Paris should wait two years before asking for Juliet's hand in marriage because the girl is only thirteen. He also encourages Paris to "woo" Juliet and "get her heart." Capulet initially strikes the audience as a caring parent who truly loves his daughter and is only looking out for her happiness.

Later, when the same issue comes up, Capulet changes his mind about the marriage. He agrees with Paris and sets a date for the wedding. While this may seem ill conceived and hasty, Capulet is doing it out of love for his daughter. Tybalt had just been killed and Capulet believes the family needs a happy event to overcome the grief over the death of Juliet's cousin. Again, he is thinking of his daughter whom he believes to be in mourning over her cousin. In reality, Juliet's tears are for Romeo, who has been banished from Verona.

A final example of Lord Capulet's love for Juliet comes in Act IV, Scene 5 when he believes Juliet has died from grief over Tybalt. She is actually faking her death after drinking a potion mixed by Friar Laurence to make her appear lifeless for almost two days. Nevertheless, Capulet is distraught and his emotions seem genuine in his comparison of Juliet to a flower who has wilted and died before its time:

Life and these lips have long been separated.
Death lies on her like an untimely frost
Upon the sweetest flower of all the field.