Paternal /(?)/

Pa·ter·nal

Paternal

a.
  1. Of or pertaining to a father; fatherly; showing the disposition of a father; guiding or instructing as a father; as, paternal care.
  2. Received or derived from a father; hereditary; as, a paternal estate.
    Their small paternal field of corn.

Phrases & Compounds
Paternal government
the assumption by the governing power of a quasi-fatherly relation to the people, involving strict and intimate supervision of their business and social concerns, upon the theory that they are incapable of managing their own affairs.