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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This type of child-rearing might take a little more patience in the short-term, but the long-term effects are positive.
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Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2025
Generational shifts in child-rearing have given rise to helicopter and bulldozer parents who emphasize protecting kids from life’s difficulties and dangers at all costs.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 3 Apr. 2025
This digital entrepreneurship, often centering a child-rearing homemaker, is obfuscated by stylistic, edited videos.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
And being more comfortable talking to others about the challenges of child-rearing made the experience a bit less lonely.
—Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2025
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Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2025
Generational shifts in child-rearing have given rise to helicopter and bulldozer parents who emphasize protecting kids from life’s difficulties and dangers at all costs.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 3 Apr. 2025
This digital entrepreneurship, often centering a child-rearing homemaker, is obfuscated by stylistic, edited videos.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
And being more comfortable talking to others about the challenges of child-rearing made the experience a bit less lonely.
—Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Child-rearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/child-rearing. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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