Parent
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A parent (from Latin: parēns = parent) is a caretaker of the offspring in their own species. In humans, a parent is of a child (where "child" refers to offspring, not necessarily age). Children can have one or more parents, but they must have two biological parents. Biological parents consist of the male who sired the child and the female who gave birth to the child. In all human societies, the biological mother and father are both responsible for raising their young. However, some parents may not be biologically related to their children. An adoptive parent is one who nurtures and raises the offspring of the biological parents but is not actually biologically related to the child. Children without adoptive parents can be raised by their grandparents or other family members.
A parent can also be elaborated as an ancestor removed one generation.
See also
- Bateman's principle – the theory that females almost always invest more energy into producing offspring than males, and that therefore in most species females are a limiting resource over which the other sex will compete.
- Borderline parents
- Child abuse
- Cinderella effect
- Egg and sperm donation
- Infant
- Narcissistic parents
- Non-paternity event
- Parental abuse by children
- Parental investment
- Parenting
- Parents bullying teachers
- Paternal bond
- Paternity (law)
- Reciprocal socialization
- Surrogate mother
- Teachers bullying parents
