This chapter reports a description of responsible divorce. It also addresses current English policies on parental responsibility. In addition, it explores how parental responsibility has changed its meaning from parental authority to parental accountability. It is proposed that authority and accountability are at opposite ends of the spectrum. Currently, ‘parental responsibility is used as a powerful instrument of social policy in forming the family.’ It then looks at related developments, namely prevention of potential harm, parental responsibility as an attitude, behaviour modification disguised as de-legalization and the complexity of parenting. Furthermore, it investigates the effects of parental responsibility as parental accountability.