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Single parent
A single parent is a person who has a child or children but does not have a spouse or live-in partner to assist in the upbringing or support of the child. Reasons for becoming a single parent include death, divorce, break-up, abandonment, becoming widowed, domestic violence, rape, childbirth by a single person or single-person adoption. A single parent family is a family with children that is headed by a single parent.[1][2][3][4]
- ^ Miriam-Webster Dictionary single parent, noun
- ^ Collins English Dictionary single parent
- ^ US Legal, Single Parent Law and Legal Definition
- ^ The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia, Single-Parent Families, Sage Publications
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