Definition: A natural, adoptive, or substitute parent of a dependent child, who lives with only one parent. The single parent may live with or visit the child. The concept includes the never-married, as well as the divorced and widowed.
never-married, divorced or widowed: read MeSH definition
See AlsoSingle-Parent Family
Other names Parent, Single; Stepparents, Single; Stepparent, Single; Step-Parents, Single; Step-Parent, Single; Single Stepparents; Single Step-Parents; Single Step Parent; Single Parents; Parents, Single; Single Stepparent; Single Step-Parent
