Parent (disambiguation)

A parent is a caretaker of offspring in their own species, such as a mother or father.

Parent or parents may also refer to:

Places

 * Parent, Minnesota, an unincorporated community in Benton County, in the United States
 * Parent, Puy-de-Dôme, a commune of the Puy-de-Dôme département, in France
 * Parent, Quebec, a community within the city of La Tuque, Quebec, in Canada
 * Parent railway station, a Via Rail station in the community

Entertainment and publishing

 * Parents (magazine), a magazine about child development
 * "Parents", a rock song by Budgie from the 1973 album Never Turn Your Back on a Friend

Film and TV

 * Parents (1989 film), horror film
 * Parents (2007 film), Icelandic film
 * Parents (2016 film), Danish film
 * Parents (TV series), 2012 British sitcom on Sky1
 * "Parents" (House), episode of the American television series House
 * "Parents" (Up All Night), episode of the American television series Up All Night
 * "The Parents", episode of the American television series Smash
 * "The Parents" (The Amazing World of Gumball), an episode of the British-American television series The Amazing World of Gumball

People

 * Parent (surname), list of people named Parent

Other uses

 * Parent bug, Elasmucha grisea, a shield bug
 * Parent chain, in organic chemistry, an unbranched compound
 * Parent company, a company that owns enough voting stock to control another firm
 * Parent drug, similar to metabolites of drugs
 * Parent (military), a larger military unit (garrison, ship, or air force station) controlling a smaller subordinate unit
 * Parent node, a node directly connected to another node in a tree data structure
 * Parent peak, a mountain of higher elevation connected to another peak