So here's my question: Does it count as a family dinner if only one parent is home and that parent ordered in?

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Most children in orphanages have one parent still living, or have an extended family that can care for them in the absence of their parents.

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Japan's family courts normally grant custody to one parent - traditionally the mother - after a divorce.

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If one parent works and the other does not, and the family does not qualify for tax credits or universal credit, they will not be able to claim.

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One of them became a surrogate parent after his own father abandoned the family.

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One family in five in social housing is headed by a single parent, triple the percentage of the population at large.

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