Periodic payment given by father and mother, maybe (6)
I believe the answer is:
parent
'mother maybe' is the definition.
(I know that mother is a type of parent)
'periodic payment given by father' is the wordplay.
'periodic payment' becomes 'rent' (rent is a kind of payment. I am not sure about the 'periodic' bit.).
'given by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father).
'rent' after 'pa' is 'PARENT'.
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for parent that I've seen before include "Rear" , "One with children" , "One raises issue" , "What mums and dads do" , "Begetter of offspring" .)