ある vs. いる in regards to 親 and 責任


In regards to this sentence why is it ある and not いる for 親 and 責任?

> 親である限りは、子供に対する責任があると思う。




Um... For 親, it is not the verb ある but rather the verb である which means "to be"
like です or だ.

The difference is that である can be used to modify nouns while the 2 latter
can't.

責任 (responsibility) here is an inanimate object (non living) so we use ある not
いる. Only living things can have いる to identify its existence.

The whole sentence means: I think the limit of being a parents is having the
responsibility to direct their child to the future. (Maybe, correct me if I'm
wrong)

