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{{Short description|Caregiver of offspring in their own species}}
A '''parent''' is a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
{{Other uses}}
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A '''parent''' is either the progenitor of a child or, in ]s, it can refer to a caregiver or ], generally called an '''adoptive parent''' or '''step-parent'''. The ] of a parent result in a child, a male through the sperm, and a female through the ovum. Parents who are progenitors are ] and have 50% genetic meet. A ] can also become a parent through ]. Some parents may be ] parents, who nurture and raise an offspring, but are not related to the child. ]s without adoptive parents can be raised by their ]s or other ]s.


A parent can also be elaborated as an ] removed one ]. With recent medical advances, it is possible to have more than two biological parents.<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23079276 | title = UK government backs three-person IVF | access-date = 30 June 2013| work = BBC News | date = 2013-06-28 | last1 = Gallagher | first1 = James }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=]|title=The Law of Sex Discrimination|author2=Beth Anne Wolfson|author3=Carla M. Palumbo|page=374}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | author = Browne C. Lewis | date = 2012 | title = Papa's Baby: Paternity and Artificial Insemination | page = 136}}</ref> Examples of ] include instances involving surrogacy or a third person who has provided DNA samples during an assisted reproductive procedure that has altered the recipients' genetic material.<ref>{{Cite book | title = Reproductive Technologies | page =25 | author = Louise I. Gerdes |date = 2009}}</ref>
==Mother==
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{{dablink|For other uses of "mother" see ]}}
{{wiktionary|mother}}
A '''mother''' is the biological or social ] ] of a ] or ], while the ] parent is the ]. The ] describes the feelings the mother has for her (or another's) child.


The most common types of parents are ], ], ], and ]. A mother is "a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given birth."<ref>{{cite web|title=mother definition|url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/mother?rskey=YplwRN&result=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010013824/http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/mother?rskey=YplwRN&result=1|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 10, 2012|website=www.oxforddictionaries.com|publisher=Oxford Dictionaries}}</ref> The extent to which it is socially acceptable for a parent to be involved in their offspring's life varies from culture to culture, however one that exhibits too little involvement is sometimes said to exhibit ],<ref>{{Cite book | title = Racial Disproportionality in Child Welfare | page =2 | author = Marian S Harris | date =2014}}</ref> while one that is too involved is sometimes said to be ], cosseting, ], or ].<ref>{{Cite book | title = Evidence in the Psychological Therapies: A Critical Guidance for Practitioners | author = Bernard Roberts | date = 2005 | page = 149}}</ref>
In the case of a ] such as a ], the mother ] her child (called first an ], then a ]) in the ] from ] until the fetus is sufficiently well-developed to be born. The mother then goes into labour and gives ]. Once the child is born, the mother produces ] to feed the child.
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In non-sexual organisms, "mother" can sometimes be used to mean "parent"; in the case of single-celled organisms that reproduce by fission, the mother is a cell that divides to produce "daughters".


== Types ==
Mothers typically have a very important role in raising children, and the title mother can be given to a woman other than a biological parent who fills this role. This is most commonly either an ] parent or a ] (the wife of a child's ]). The term can also refer to a person with stereotypical traits of a mother.


===Biological ===
Mothers are celebrated yearly, on ], in many countries around the world. In many branches of ], the ] is also celebrated as the ''Mother of God".
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A person's biological parents are the persons from whom the individual inherits their ]s. The term is generally only used if there is a need to distinguish an individual's parents from their biological parents, For example, an individual whose father has remarried may call the father's new wife their ] and continue to refer to their mother normally, though someone who has had little or no contact with their biological mother may address their ] as their mother, and their biological mother as such, or perhaps by her first name. {{citation needed|date=December 2019}}
"Mum"/"mummy" (British English), "Mom"/"mommy" (American English), "maman" in French, "mama" and "ma" (from Italian Mamma) are some familiar or colloquial words for a mother. In many south Asian cultures, the mother is known as "Amma" or "Oma" or "Ammi" (with variations of "Ammi-ji" or "Ammi-jan"). (The "M" sound seems to be universal to the word mother in almost all languages). Many times these terms denote affection or a maternal role in a child's life.
=== Mother ===
In some societies, ]hood, the state of an unmarried mother, has been treated as a serious social issue.
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A mother is a female who has a maternal connection with another individual, whether arising from ], by giving ] to, or ] the individual in the role of a parent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allwords.com/word-mother.html |title=Definition from |publisher=Allwords.com |date=2007-09-14 |access-date=2011-11-04}}</ref> More than one female may have such connections with an individual. Because of the complexity and differences of a mother's social, cultural, and religious definitions and roles, it is challenging to define a mother to suit a universally accepted definition. The utilization of a surrogate mother may result in explication of there being two biological mothers.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bromham|first1=David|title=Philosophical Ethics in Reproductive Medicine|date=1990|page=57}}</ref>
In Romania, mothers are placed below children in the average domestic social hierarchy.{{fact}}


==Father== === Father ===
{{main|father}} {{main article|Father}}
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A '''father''' is traditionally the ] ] of a child. Like mothers, fathers may be categorised according to their biological, social or legal ] with the child. Historically, the biological relationship ] has been determinative of fatherhood. However, ] of paternity has been intrinsically problematic and so social rules often determined who would be regarded as a father e.g. the husband of the mother.


A father is a male parent of any type of offspring.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/father |title=TheFreeDictionary |access-date=2014-10-07}}</ref> It may be the person who shares in the raising of a child or who has provided the biological material, the ], which results in the birth of the child.
==Bibliography==


=== Grandparent ===
* ], ''First things : the maternal imaginary in literature, art, and psychoanalysis'', New York : Routlege, 1995
{{main article|Grandparent}}
* ], ''Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution'', Virago Press 1995
Grandparents are the parents of a person's own parent, whether that be a father or a mother. Every sexually reproducing creature who is not a ] has a maximum of four ]tic grandparents, eight genetic ], sixteen genetic great-great-grandparents and so on. Rarely, such as in the case of sibling or half-sibling ], these ].

== Paternity issues ==
{{Main article|DNA paternity testing}}
A paternity test is conducted to prove paternity, that is, whether a male is the biological father of another individual. This may be relevant in view of ] and duties of the father. Similarly, a maternity test can be carried out. This is less common, because at least during ] and ], except in the case of a pregnancy involving ] or ], it is obvious who the ] is. However, it is used in a number of events such as legal battles where a person's maternity is challenged, where the mother is uncertain because she has not seen her child for an extended period of time, or where deceased persons need to be identified.

Although not constituting completely reliable evidence, several ] such as attached ]s, a ], or the ], may serve as tentative indicators of (non-) parenthood as they are readily observable and inherited via ] genes.

A more reliable way to ascertain parenthood is via DNA analysis (known as ] of individuals), although older methods have included ], analysis of various other ]s and ]s, or using ]s. The current techniques for paternity testing are using ] and ]. For the most part, however, genetic fingerprinting has all but taken over all the other forms of testing.

== Roles and responsibilities ==

=== Guardianship ===
{{Main article|Legal guardian}}

A legal guardian is a person who has the legal authority (and the corresponding duty) to care for the personal and property interests of another person, called a ward. Guardians are typically used in three situations: guardianship for an incapacitated senior (due to old age or infirmity), guardianship for a minor, and guardianship for ] adults.

Most countries and states have laws that provide that the parents of a minor child are the legal guardians of that child, and that the parents can designate who shall become the child's legal guardian in the event of death, subject to the approval of the court. Some jurisdictions allow a parent of a child to exercise the authority of a legal guardian without a formal court appointment. In such circumstances the parent acting in that capacity is called the natural guardian of that parent's child.

=== Parenting ===
{{Main article|Parenting}}

] or child rearing is the process of promoting and supporting the ], ], social, financial, and ] of a ] from ] to ]hood. Parenting refers to the aspects of raising a child aside from the biological relationship.<ref name="Davies">{{cite book|last=Davies|first=Martin|title=The Blackwell encyclopedia of social work|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8iQAy9lZy9YC&pg=PA245|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell|year=2000|page=245|isbn=978-0-631-21451-9}}</ref>

== Gender and gender mix ==
A child has at least one biological ] and at least one biological ], but not every ] is a traditional ]. There are many variants, such as ], ], ], and ], over which there has been controversy.

The social science literature rejects the notion that there is an optimal gender mix of parents or that children and adolescents with ] suffer any developmental disadvantages compared with those with two opposite-sex parents.<ref>Lamb, Michael (2009). {{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=apsp>{{cite web |author1=Short, Elizabeth |author2=Riggs, Damien W. |author3=Perlesz, Amaryll |author4=Brown, Rhonda |author5=Kane, Graeme |name-list-style=amp |url=http://www.psychology.org.au/Assets/Files/LGBT-Families-Lit-Review.pdf#page=8 |title=Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Parented Families – A Literature Review prepared for The Australian Psychological Society |access-date=2011-11-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304014530/http://www.psychology.org.au/Assets/Files/LGBT-Families-Lit-Review.pdf#page=8 |archive-date=2011-03-04 }}</ref> The professionals and the major associations now agree there is a well-established and accepted consensus in the field that there is no optimal gender combination of parents.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://data.lambdalegal.org/in-court/downloads/varnum_ia_20090403_supreme-court-decision.pdf#page=10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091229034140/http://data.lambdalegal.org/in-court/downloads/varnum_ia_20090403_supreme-court-decision.pdf#page=10 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-12-29 |title=In The Supreme Court of Iowa No. 07–1499 |access-date=2011-11-04 }}</ref> The family studies literature indicates that it is family processes (such as the quality of parenting and relationships within the family) that contribute to determining children's well-being and "outcomes", rather than family structures, per se, such as the number, gender, sexuality and co-habitation status of parents.<ref name="apsp"/>

== Genetics ==

=== Parent–offspring conflict ===
{{Main article|Parent–offspring conflict}}

An offspring who hates their father is called a misopater, one that hates their mother is a misomater, while a parent that hates their offspring is a misopedist.<ref>Francis, Darryl. "Iatrologs and Iatronyms." Word Ways 4.2 (1971): 8.</ref><ref>Davies, Jon. "Imagining intergenerationality: Representation and rhetoric in the pedophile movie." GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies 13.2 (2007): 369-385.</ref> Parent–offspring conflict describes the ] arising from differences in optimal ] of parents and their ]. While parents tend to maximize the number of offspring, the offspring can increase their fitness by getting a greater share of ] often by competing with their ]s. The theory was proposed by ] in 1974 and extends the more general ] and has been used to explain many observed biological phenomena.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Trivers, R.L.|title=Parent–offspring conflict|doi=10.1093/icb/14.1.249 |jstor=3881986 |year=1974 |journal=Integrative and Comparative Biology |volume=14 |issue=1|pages=249–264|doi-access=free }}</ref> For example, in some ] species, although parents often lay two eggs and attempt to raise two or more young, the strongest fledgling takes a greater share of the food brought by parents and will often kill the weaker sibling, an act known as ].

===Empathy===
David Haig has argued that human ] genes would be selected to draw more resources from the mother than it would be optimal for the mother to give, a hypothesis that has received empirical support. The ], for example, secretes allocrine ]s that decrease the sensitivity of the mother to ] and thus make a larger supply of blood sugar available to the fetus. The mother responds by increasing the level of insulin in her bloodstream, the placenta has insulin receptors that stimulate the production of insulin-degrading ]s which counteract this effect.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Haig, D. |title=Genetic conflicts in human pregnancy |pmid=8115596 |jstor=3037249 |url=http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/haig/publications_files/93genetic%20conflicts%20in%20human%20pregnancy.pdf |year=1993 |volume=68 |issue=4 |pages=495–532 |journal=The Quarterly Review of Biology |doi=10.1086/418300 |s2cid=38641716 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719154120/http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/haig/publications_files/93genetic%20conflicts%20in%20human%20pregnancy.pdf |archive-date=2013-07-19 }}</ref>

==Having children and happiness==
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In Europe, parents are generally happier than non-parents. In women, happiness increases after the first child, but having higher-order children is not associated with further increased well-being. Happiness seems to increase most in the year before and after the first childbirth.<ref name=balbo2013>{{cite journal|title=Fertility in Advanced Societies: A Review of Research|author1=Nicoletta Balbo |author2=Francesco C. Billari |author3=Melinda Mills |journal=European Journal of Population|year=2013|volume=29|issue=1|pages=1–38|doi=10.1007/s10680-012-9277-y|pmid=23440941 |pmc=3576563}}</ref>


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Caregiver of offspring in their own species For other uses, see Parent (disambiguation).
The Brazilian imperial family, 1857

A parent is either the progenitor of a child or, in humans, it can refer to a caregiver or legal guardian, generally called an adoptive parent or step-parent. The gametes of a parent result in a child, a male through the sperm, and a female through the ovum. Parents who are progenitors are first-degree relatives and have 50% genetic meet. A female can also become a parent through surrogacy. Some parents may be adoptive parents, who nurture and raise an offspring, but are not related to the child. Orphans without adoptive parents can be raised by their grandparents or other family members.

A parent can also be elaborated as an ancestor removed one generation. With recent medical advances, it is possible to have more than two biological parents. Examples of third biological parents include instances involving surrogacy or a third person who has provided DNA samples during an assisted reproductive procedure that has altered the recipients' genetic material.

The most common types of parents are mothers, fathers, step-parents, and grandparents. A mother is "a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given birth." The extent to which it is socially acceptable for a parent to be involved in their offspring's life varies from culture to culture, however one that exhibits too little involvement is sometimes said to exhibit child neglect, while one that is too involved is sometimes said to be overprotective, cosseting, nosey, or intrusive.

Types

Biological

Obama family portrait, 2011

A person's biological parents are the persons from whom the individual inherits their genes. The term is generally only used if there is a need to distinguish an individual's parents from their biological parents, For example, an individual whose father has remarried may call the father's new wife their stepmother and continue to refer to their mother normally, though someone who has had little or no contact with their biological mother may address their foster parent as their mother, and their biological mother as such, or perhaps by her first name.

Mother

Main article: Mother
Postpartum baby

A mother is a female who has a maternal connection with another individual, whether arising from conception, by giving birth to, or raising the individual in the role of a parent. More than one female may have such connections with an individual. Because of the complexity and differences of a mother's social, cultural, and religious definitions and roles, it is challenging to define a mother to suit a universally accepted definition. The utilization of a surrogate mother may result in explication of there being two biological mothers.

Father

Main article: Father
Timothy L. Pesto and Kaitlyn E. Pesto play football as their father watches, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

A father is a male parent of any type of offspring. It may be the person who shares in the raising of a child or who has provided the biological material, the sperm, which results in the birth of the child.

Grandparent

Main article: Grandparent

Grandparents are the parents of a person's own parent, whether that be a father or a mother. Every sexually reproducing creature who is not a genetic chimera has a maximum of four genetic grandparents, eight genetic great-grandparents, sixteen genetic great-great-grandparents and so on. Rarely, such as in the case of sibling or half-sibling incest, these numbers are lower.

Paternity issues

Main article: DNA paternity testing

A paternity test is conducted to prove paternity, that is, whether a male is the biological father of another individual. This may be relevant in view of rights and duties of the father. Similarly, a maternity test can be carried out. This is less common, because at least during childbirth and pregnancy, except in the case of a pregnancy involving embryo transfer or egg donation, it is obvious who the mother is. However, it is used in a number of events such as legal battles where a person's maternity is challenged, where the mother is uncertain because she has not seen her child for an extended period of time, or where deceased persons need to be identified.

Although not constituting completely reliable evidence, several congenital traits such as attached earlobes, a widow's peak, or the cleft chin, may serve as tentative indicators of (non-) parenthood as they are readily observable and inherited via autosomal-dominant genes.

A more reliable way to ascertain parenthood is via DNA analysis (known as genetic fingerprinting of individuals), although older methods have included ABO blood group typing, analysis of various other proteins and enzymes, or using human leukocyte antigens. The current techniques for paternity testing are using polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism. For the most part, however, genetic fingerprinting has all but taken over all the other forms of testing.

Roles and responsibilities

Guardianship

Main article: Legal guardian

A legal guardian is a person who has the legal authority (and the corresponding duty) to care for the personal and property interests of another person, called a ward. Guardians are typically used in three situations: guardianship for an incapacitated senior (due to old age or infirmity), guardianship for a minor, and guardianship for developmentally disabled adults.

Most countries and states have laws that provide that the parents of a minor child are the legal guardians of that child, and that the parents can designate who shall become the child's legal guardian in the event of death, subject to the approval of the court. Some jurisdictions allow a parent of a child to exercise the authority of a legal guardian without a formal court appointment. In such circumstances the parent acting in that capacity is called the natural guardian of that parent's child.

Parenting

Main article: Parenting

Parenting or child rearing is the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional, social, financial, and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood. Parenting refers to the aspects of raising a child aside from the biological relationship.

Gender and gender mix

A child has at least one biological father and at least one biological mother, but not every family is a traditional nuclear family. There are many variants, such as adoption, shared parenting, stepfamilies, and LGBT parenting, over which there has been controversy.

The social science literature rejects the notion that there is an optimal gender mix of parents or that children and adolescents with same-sex parents suffer any developmental disadvantages compared with those with two opposite-sex parents. The professionals and the major associations now agree there is a well-established and accepted consensus in the field that there is no optimal gender combination of parents. The family studies literature indicates that it is family processes (such as the quality of parenting and relationships within the family) that contribute to determining children's well-being and "outcomes", rather than family structures, per se, such as the number, gender, sexuality and co-habitation status of parents.

Genetics

Parent–offspring conflict

Main article: Parent–offspring conflict

An offspring who hates their father is called a misopater, one that hates their mother is a misomater, while a parent that hates their offspring is a misopedist. Parent–offspring conflict describes the evolutionary conflict arising from differences in optimal fitness of parents and their offspring. While parents tend to maximize the number of offspring, the offspring can increase their fitness by getting a greater share of parental investment often by competing with their siblings. The theory was proposed by Robert Trivers in 1974 and extends the more general selfish gene theory and has been used to explain many observed biological phenomena. For example, in some bird species, although parents often lay two eggs and attempt to raise two or more young, the strongest fledgling takes a greater share of the food brought by parents and will often kill the weaker sibling, an act known as siblicide.

Empathy

David Haig has argued that human fetal genes would be selected to draw more resources from the mother than it would be optimal for the mother to give, a hypothesis that has received empirical support. The placenta, for example, secretes allocrine hormones that decrease the sensitivity of the mother to insulin and thus make a larger supply of blood sugar available to the fetus. The mother responds by increasing the level of insulin in her bloodstream, the placenta has insulin receptors that stimulate the production of insulin-degrading enzymes which counteract this effect.

Having children and happiness

Sinatra family 1949

In Europe, parents are generally happier than non-parents. In women, happiness increases after the first child, but having higher-order children is not associated with further increased well-being. Happiness seems to increase most in the year before and after the first childbirth.

See also

References

  1. Gallagher, James (2013-06-28). "UK government backs three-person IVF". BBC News. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  2. Nadine Taub; Beth Anne Wolfson; Carla M. Palumbo. The Law of Sex Discrimination. p. 374.
  3. Browne C. Lewis (2012). Papa's Baby: Paternity and Artificial Insemination. p. 136.
  4. Louise I. Gerdes (2009). Reproductive Technologies. p. 25.
  5. "mother definition". www.oxforddictionaries.com. Oxford Dictionaries. Archived from the original on October 10, 2012.
  6. Marian S Harris (2014). Racial Disproportionality in Child Welfare. p. 2.
  7. Bernard Roberts (2005). Evidence in the Psychological Therapies: A Critical Guidance for Practitioners. p. 149.
  8. "Definition from". Allwords.com. 2007-09-14. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
  9. Bromham, David (1990). Philosophical Ethics in Reproductive Medicine. p. 57.
  10. "TheFreeDictionary". Retrieved 2014-10-07.
  11. Davies, Martin (2000). The Blackwell encyclopedia of social work. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 245. ISBN 978-0-631-21451-9.
  12. Lamb, Michael (2009). Affidavit – United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
  13. ^ Short, Elizabeth; Riggs, Damien W.; Perlesz, Amaryll; Brown, Rhonda & Kane, Graeme. "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Parented Families – A Literature Review prepared for The Australian Psychological Society" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-03-04. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
  14. "In The Supreme Court of Iowa No. 07–1499" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-29. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
  15. Francis, Darryl. "Iatrologs and Iatronyms." Word Ways 4.2 (1971): 8.
  16. Davies, Jon. "Imagining intergenerationality: Representation and rhetoric in the pedophile movie." GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies 13.2 (2007): 369-385.
  17. Trivers, R.L. (1974). "Parent–offspring conflict". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 14 (1): 249–264. doi:10.1093/icb/14.1.249. JSTOR 3881986.
  18. Haig, D. (1993). "Genetic conflicts in human pregnancy" (PDF). The Quarterly Review of Biology. 68 (4): 495–532. doi:10.1086/418300. JSTOR 3037249. PMID 8115596. S2CID 38641716. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-19.
  19. Nicoletta Balbo; Francesco C. Billari; Melinda Mills (2013). "Fertility in Advanced Societies: A Review of Research". European Journal of Population. 29 (1): 1–38. doi:10.1007/s10680-012-9277-y. PMC 3576563. PMID 23440941.

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