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

Titled works

• Parent (magazine), another magazine

Film and TV

• The Parent Trap film series, a 1961 film, several sequels, and a 1998 remake
• Parents (film), a 1989 horror film
• Parents (TV series), a 2012 British sitcom on Sky1
• The Parents, episode of Smash

Music

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

Places

• Parent, Puy-de-Dôme, a commune of the Puy-de-Dôme département, in France
• Parent, Quebec, a community within the city of La Tuque, Quebec, in Canada

Surname

• Parent (surname) (includes list of people named Parent)