Parent (disambiguation)

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A parent is a human mother or father or the caretaker of offspring in any species.

Parent or Parents may also refer to:

Meanings derived from the primary sense of "parent"

In human relationships:
- Foster parent, guardian of a child
- Godparent, in Christianity
- Helicopter parent, style of protective parenting
- Single-parent, parent caring for children without a second parent present
- Parent-in-law, parent of a spouse
Parent bug, Elasmucha grisea, a shield bug
Parent chain, in organic chemistry
Parent company or holding company, in business
Parent material, in soil science, underlying bedrock
Parent node (or ancestor node), in a tree data structure
Parent peak, a mountain of higher elevation that the one in question, selected by various objective criteria
Parent process, a computer process that has created one or more child processes
Parent class, a concept in object-oriented programming (also called a superclass)
Parent regiment, a type of army regimental system

"Parents", a song by hard rock band Budgie from the 1973 album Never Turn Your Back on a Friend