Question

Alicia was adopted and is not biologically related to anyone in her family. Jee lives with her two mothers who are married. Tom lives with his mother, who is not married to his father. All three of them consider the adults in their homes their parents. This is because the definition of parents __________.

Answer 1

Answer:   Adult that are related closely to child for taking care and rearing

Explanation: Biological parent are defined as caregiver of the child whose gametes were responsible for child's birth. But in general terms parent is defined as the adult caretaker of the child because of being close and being their first guardian .

The mentioned situation about three cases of Alicia, Jee and Tom in the question considers all the adults taking care of them as their parents respectively .

Even though Alicia is adopted and does not have biological parents but she has to regard them as her parent because they are the guardian taking care of her.

Jee has two mothers and Tom has unmarried mother who are also considered as parents of them because they are rearing them and providing care as an close adult.  

Answer 2

Answer:

These are referred to as the adults who are intimately responsible for the care and rearing of children.  

Explanation:

Proprietarianism is a term in which both the parents are responsible for the children's care and rearing. Both parents are responsible and children are the property of both the parents. One of the philosophers argues that children are the property of parents hence this is the ground of the parents for the rights. This is the parents' responsibility that they positively direct their children because they are who bring the children in the world. Parents are the source who biologically transmit their genetics to their children so they keep on the same thing further next generation.