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A parent is a caretaker of offspring in their own species, such as a mother or father.

Parent or parents may also refer to:

Places

• Parent, Minnesota, an unincorporated community in Benton County, in the United States
• 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
  • Parent railway station, a Via Rail station in the community

Entertainment and publishing

• Parents (magazine), a magazine about child development
• "Parents", a rock song by Budgie from the 1973 album Never Turn Your Back on a Friend

People

• Parent (surname), list of people named Parent

Other uses

• Parent bug, Elasmucha grisea, a shield bug
• Parent chain, in organic chemistry, an unbranched compound
• Parent company, a company that owns enough voting stock to control another firm
• Parent drug, similar to metabolites of drugs
• Parent (military), a larger military unit (garrison, ship, or air force station) controlling a smaller subordinate unit
• Parent node, a node directly connected to another node in a tree data structure
• Parent peak, a mountain of higher elevation connected to another peak

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Parent
• All pages with titles containing Parent