: a parent who lives with a child or children and no husband, wife, or partner
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Jinnifer Hicks, one of the mothers who attended the event, said raising children as a single parent can mean constantly balancing the needs of a family while trying to make ends meet.—
Jeff Wagner,
CBS News,
17 Aug. 2026 For a single parent, emergency savings may have to do some of the work that a second paycheck could do elsewhere.—
Kristin Vance Richards,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2026 The celebrity blogger is a single parent to his children, who are all under the age of 14 and born via surrogacy.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC news,
6 Aug. 2026 The Miss Congeniality star finalized the adoption as a single parent, per People.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for single parent