child-rearing
noun
: the process of taking care of and raising children
Her husband is actively involved in child-rearing.
—often used before another nounchild-rearing practices/methods
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Taiwan has spent more than $3 billion on child-rearing initiatives.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Those predictions have galvanized the political right, combining a sense of cultural decline with xenophobia to persuade voters that a return to traditional American values — which means more child-rearing — is the solution.
—Dylan Scott, Vox, 5 Feb. 2025
Read: Cultural shifts alone won’t persuade people to have kids
This goes for all of the other pressing concerns about child-rearing that Americans ought to be discussing.
—Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2025
For Alabama mom Kandace Brown, whose 3-month-old won’t take a bottle, a recent jury summons threw a major wrench in her child-rearing plans when the court wouldn’t excuse her, regardless of her child’s feeding needs.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 27 Jan. 2025
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Those predictions have galvanized the political right, combining a sense of cultural decline with xenophobia to persuade voters that a return to traditional American values — which means more child-rearing — is the solution.
—Dylan Scott, Vox, 5 Feb. 2025
Read: Cultural shifts alone won’t persuade people to have kids
This goes for all of the other pressing concerns about child-rearing that Americans ought to be discussing.
—Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2025
For Alabama mom Kandace Brown, whose 3-month-old won’t take a bottle, a recent jury summons threw a major wrench in her child-rearing plans when the court wouldn’t excuse her, regardless of her child’s feeding needs.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Child-rearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/child-rearing. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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