Hard to please feminine parent? Not at first (5)
I believe the answer is:
faddy
'hard to please' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'feminine parent? not at first' is the wordplay.
'feminine' becomes 'f' (abbreviation listed in Chambers).
'parent?' becomes 'daddy' (daddy is a kind of parent).
'not at first' means to remove the first letter.
'daddy' with its first letter taken away is 'addy'.
'f'+'addy'='FADDY'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for faddy that I've seen before include "Fussy, eg about food" , "Particular" , "Crazy about food" .)