Definitions for alloparenting
al·lo·par·ent·ing

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1. alloparentingnoun

   parental behaviour towards infants and young from non-parents

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1. Alloparenting

   Alloparenting (also referred to as alloparental care) is a term used to classify any form of parental care provided by an individual towards young that aren't its own direct offspring. These are often referred to as "non-descendant" young, even though grandchildren can be among them. Among humans, alloparenting is often performed by a child's grandparents and older siblings. Individuals providing this care are referred to using the neutral term of alloparent (or "helper").Alloparental care encapsulates a diverse range of parenting systems across a range of animal groups and social structures. The alloparent–young relationship can be mutualistic or parasitic, and between or within species. Cooperative breeding, joint brood care, reciprocal allonursing, brood parasitism and cuckoldry represent situations in which alloparenting plays a role. Alloparenting is a form of parenting that is not found often in the wild. With this type of care comes some costs, including the spending of time and energy for caring for another's offspring at your own expense with no direct benefits from it. This form of parenting is seen frequently among the human population. However, it is not as popular among other species. Alloparenting is rare among classes of animals such as birds and mammals, with only about 3% of mammals exhibiting this parenting style, but this does not mean it does not occur. In species that alloparent, it has been seen that offspring grow at faster rates and are often time weaned earlier.

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1. Alloparenting

   In biology and sociology, alloparenting is a system of parenting in which individuals other than the actual parents act in a parental role. One common form of alloparenting is a situation in which grandparents adopt a parental role. This is sometimes named a "skipped generation household". In 1997, 8% of children in the United States lived with their grandparents, with the grandparents being the caregivers in one third of those cases. According to Deihl, the Efé people of Ituri Forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo practice alloparenting, with care for infants coming from siblings, grandparents, and older members of the community. Deihl states that where siblings are alloparents this provides adolescents experience of being a parent, and that similar practice in the United States would reduce the rate of teenage pregnancy and make teenage parents "better parent[s] when they do become parents". In biology, "Cooperatively breeding vertebrate systems are characterized by individual ‘helpers’ that take care of young ones within the social group that are not their own offspring — a behaviour termed ‘alloparental care’. In mammals, care typically encompasses allolactation, pup-feeding, babysitting and carrying young." An example of this in nature is when male Barbary macaques carry around unrelated infants and care for them for hours at a time.

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   Daniel

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of alloparenting in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of alloparenting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
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2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alloparenting
3. ^ Wikidata
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