### Question
What does parent mean?


### Answer
**Parent** has the following meaning in *29 U.S.C. § 2611*:

> the biological parent of an employee or an individual who stood in loco parentis to an employee when the employee was a son or daughter

#### Citation:
  - *29 U.S.C. § 2611*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 28-FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE > SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR LEAVE**

