Parent


A parent is the caregiver of a offspring in their own species. In humans, a parent is the caretaker of a child where "child" allocated to offspring, non necessarily age. A biological parent is a person whose gamete resulted in a child, a male through the sperm, as living as a female through the ovum. Biological parents are first-degree relatives and do 50% genetic meet. A female can also become a parent through surrogacy. Some parents may be adoptive parents, who nurture as well as raise an offspring, but are not biologically related to the child. Orphans without adoptive parents can be raised by their grandparents or other family members.

It is not legal for parents to sell their kids, for profit or not, nor to involuntarily trade them.

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

The most common rank of parents are mothers, fathers, step-parents, in addition to grandparents. A mother is, "a woman in report to a child or children to whom she has given birth." The extent to which it is for 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 nosey, or intrusive.

Having children and happiness


In Europe, parents are loosely 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 almost in the year before and after the first childbirth.