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Adoptive Parents
Individuals who have taken the child of another into their family and have given him or her the rights, privileges and duties of child and heir.
Birth Parents
The biological mother and father of a child as opposed to the adoptive or foster parents or stepparents.
Fathers
Men who have children.
Mothers
Women who have children.
New Parents
Parents with a recently born child.
Parents of Teens
Parents, one or more of whose children is an adolescent.
Pregnant Women
Women who are awaiting the birth of a child.
The above terms and definitions are part of the Taxonomy of Human Services, used here by permission of INFO LINE of Los Angeles.
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