### Question
Can you define what parent means?


### Answer
**Parent** is defined as the following in *5 U.S.C. § 6381*:

> 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:
  - *5 U.S.C. § 6381*
  - Heading: **PART III-EMPLOYEES > Subpart E-Attendance and Leave > CHAPTER 63-LEAVE > SUBCHAPTER V-FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE**

