id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-9094 Parent - Wikipedia .html text/html 2742 409 57 A biological parent is a person whose gamete resulted in a child, a male through the sperm, and a female through the ovum. Orphans without adoptive parents can be raised by their grandparents or other family members. A mother is, "a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given birth."[5] The extent to which it is 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 child neglect,[6] while one that is too involved is sometimes said to be overprotective, cosseting, nosey, or intrusive.[7] Parenting refers to the aspects of raising a child aside from the biological relationship.[11] "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Parented Families – A Literature Review prepared for The Australian Psychological Society" (PDF). ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9094.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9094.txt