single parent

noun

: a parent who lives with a child or children and no husband, wife, or partner

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Fact checked by Sarah Scott Life as a single parent can often bring about questions of self-doubt triggered by societal norms. Mia Taylor, Parents, 18 Dec. 2024 Rupert Turnbull plays a young man named Isaac whose father dies in a car crash, leaving him alone at an isolated estate in the middle of nowhere with a stepmom who never really wanted to be a single parent. Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024 Her mother, left to navigate life as a single parent at just 25, met Marc, then 26. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024 There is also a hilarious bit shopping for Halloween costumes with another single parent, Terry (Michael Urie), who is gay and in another amusing scene mistakes Andy’s friendship for romantic interest in him. Pete Hammond, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for single parent 

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“Single parent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single%20parent. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.

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