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
edit- 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
edit- Parents (magazine), a magazine about child development
- "Parents", a rock song by Budgie from the 1973 album Never Turn Your Back on a Friend
Film and TV
edit- Parents (1989 film), horror film
- Parents (2007 film), Icelandic film
- Parents (2016 film), Danish film
- Parents (TV series), 2012 British sitcom on Sky1
- "Parents" (House), episode of the American television series House
- "Parents" (Up All Night), episode of the American television series Up All Night
- "The Parents", episode of the American television series Smash
- "The Parents" (The Amazing World of Gumball), an episode of the British-American television series The Amazing World of Gumball
- "Parents" (My Hero)
People
edit- Parent (surname), list of people named Parent
Other uses
edit- Parent bug, Elasmucha grisea, a shield bug
- Parent chain, in organic chemistry, an unbranched compound
- Parent class, in object-oriented programming
- 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