co-parent

plural co-parents

1. Someone who shares in the parenting of a child or children, such as

   teacher's roles need to be as co-parents

   2006, Richard S. Kitchen, Sylvia Celedon-pattichis, Julie Depree, Jonathan Brinkerhoff, Mathematics education at highly effective schools that serve the poor, page 144

2. Someone who shares in the parenting of a child or children, such as:
   1. A godparent.
   2. A divorced or separated parent who shares custody with the other parent.

      I used to challenge my parents on every album / Now I'm embarrassed to tell 'em I ended up as a co-parent

      2018, “March 14”, in Scorpion, performed by Drake

   3. A parent in a same-sex couple.
   4. A parent in a platonic friendship with the other parent.

present singular third person co-parents · participle present co-parenting · participle past co-parented · past co-parented

1. To act as a co-parent; to share custody of a child or children; to share in the responsibility of parenting a child or children.

   Children who have been co-parented may understand their parents' world and decisions more fully. If you are co-parenting […] you will find here some of your own thoughts, feelings, and experiences, and hearing others' journeys will reassure you that you are not alone;[…]

   2017, Karen L. Kristjanson, Co-Parenting from the Inside Out: Voices of Moms and Dads, Toronto: Dundurn, →ISBN, page 17