 Brandt (2006) disputes the claim that partial transfers of parental responsibilities are commonplace. When a responsibility is delegated but not transferred, the individual delegating the responsibility must still ensure that the responsibility is fulfilled. For instance, parents have a duty to ensure that their children are in fact receiving proper education from their teachers, and must take corrective measures if this is not the case. The duty to educate is thus delegated to teachers, but not transferred to them. In general, the examples offered to show that partial transfers of parental responsibility are commonplace tend to be in fact examples of delegation. This undermines the claim that a complete transfer of parental responsibility is merely an extension of already accepted practices because it is delegation that is the norm, not transfer. 