(informal) A non-custodial parent who eludes disciplinary responsibilities over their children and pampers them with treats or gifts.

A member of one of the married couples employed to look after residents in a cottage home.

(derogatory) A parent who intervenes to prevent their child from facing obstacles and difficulties.

(derogatory) A parenting style in which the parent attempts to shield their child from all obstacles and adversity.

A parenting style characterized by overinvolvement in one's children's lives.

simple past tense and past participle of single parent

present participle of single parent

The act or condition of being a single parent.

A biological parent of an adopted child.

A single parent, resulting from divorce or separation, or by the death of the other parent, who is raising a family in the absence of the other parent