Did I make a mistake?

PhotoOp
Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:34:00 +0000

On FAFSA the question under the “Parent Demographics” section is:

“How many people in your parents’ household will be college students between July 1, 2010, and June 30, 2011?”

Aren’t parents people? It doesn’t say how many children or how many dependents, it says how many people.