Psychological Parent

Psychological Parent: A person whom a child considers to be his or her parent, even though that individual may not be biologically related to the child. A person who fits in this capacity is sometimes called a "de facto" parent.

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The definition of this term has been taken from the "Adoption Glossary," which contains definitions of a wide variety of words that relate to adoption and infertility. The entire Adoption Glossary is located at http://glossary.adoption.com.

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