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nonparent

  • a word derived from parent.
    parent
    noun
    a father or a mother.

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Financial benefits for parents also help nonparent colleagues who have been picking up slack, employers say, by enabling parents to get back to work full time.

From New York Times Sep. 17, 2020

Dr. Glass agrees that cultural differences add to the greater relative parent and nonparent happiness gap — but she notes that those cultural differences are also reflected in our family policies.

From New York Times Jun. 17, 2016

And this nonparent, at least, welcomes the prospect.

From Slate Mar. 31, 2014

Each state is different—but in Virginia, a nonparent cannot claim parental rights when a married couple had a child during that marriage.

From Slate Sep. 11, 2012

She now operates a thriving online cardmaking venture, MommyBiz.net Ditto for nonparent Ilene Segal, founder of Baby iDesign, a four-year-old stationer in Manhattan.

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