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Because they correspond to new allele combinations, the genotypes Ab and aB are nonparental types that result from homologous recombination during meiosis.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

“They can feel progressively alienated from staff in the school at a time when they need nonparental adults more than ever,” says Robert Dodd, principal at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda.

From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2019

Do you provide more support to the largest group of nonparental child-care providers in the nation even if they operate in the dark?

From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2018

Those numbers likely hold for toddlers because nonparental care options don’t increase significantly until age 3.

From Slate • Nov. 27, 2017

Those distinctions are hard to measure, but might also account for some of the relative difference between parental and nonparental happiness.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2016