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 decease, 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

[1] Miriam-Webster Dictionary single parent, noun

[2] Collins English Dictionary single parent

[3] US Legal, Single Parent Law and Legal Definition

[4] The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia, Single-Parent Families, Sage Publications

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