The phrase "alternative parent" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a non-traditional or non-biological parent, such as a step-parent, adoptive parent, or same-sex parent.
Example: "In today's society, the concept of an alternative parent is becoming more widely accepted and recognized."
Alternatives: "non-traditional parent" or "non-biological parent".
Dawson Cornwell and Circle Surrogacy will be exhibiting at this years Alternative Parenting Show on Saturday 15 September.
The first time I ever met a surrogate mother was at the annual Alternative Parenting Show in London.
Some participants also reported teaching the new alternative parenting techniques to neighbours, thereby contributing to the reduction of violence in the wider community.
The event was partly the idea of Square Peg Media, which not only publishes Out In The City but also organises the annual Alternative Parenting Show, and is currently helping to raise awareness around alternative parenting with LGBT and family networks.
The two sisters were brought up by "alternative" parents — their father a devotee of Native American shamanism, their mother an artist who dragged her children across California, Hawaii, and New Mexico — and they had lost touch with each other.
It led many to question Pinkett Smith and husband Will Smith's alternative parenting techniques, which have come under fire for allowing their children to behave in a way far beyond their years a number of times in the past.
It led to many questioning Pinkett Smith and husband Will Smith's alternative parenting techniques, which had come under fire for allowing their children to behave in a way far beyond their years.
For a while we had considered co-parenting with a lesbian couple we're friends with but after an increasingly tense exchange of views on schooling, ear-piercing and pocket money, we jettisoned our ill-fated scheme and headed off to the Alternative Parenting Show in search of inspiration.
The alternative, parent-teacher conferences and counselor meetings, is totally out of date, and simple social networking tools can improve the situation significantly, in their opinion.
Alternative parents are categories that describe the compound but do not have an ancestor descendant relationship with each other or with the Direct Parent.
