co-parent
See also: coparent
English
Etymology
- co- + parent
Noun
co-parent (plural co-parents)
- Someone who shares in the parenting of a child or children, such as:
- a godparent
- a divorced or separated parent who shares custody with the other parent.
- a parent in a same-sex couple
- 2006, Richard S. Kitchen, Sylvia Celedon-pattichis, Julie Depree, Jonathan Brinkerhoff, Mathematics education at highly effective schools that serve the poor, page 144:
- teacher's roles need to be as co-parents
Related terms
- co-parents-in-law (parents who a related through their married children)
- co-mother, co-father, godparent
Translations
person sharing parenting
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Verb
co-parent (third-person singular simple present co-parents, present participle co-parenting, simple past and past participle co-parented)
- to act as a co-parent, to share custody of a child or children, to share in the responsibility of parenting a child or children
Anagrams
- Caperton, portance, rent-a-cop