How to Use parenthood in a Sentence

parenthood

noun
  • So much of the show is about parenthood, both the perils and the rewards.
    Erik Piepenburg, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • And, for those who chose the parenthood path, many of those changes start in the bedroom.
    refinery29.com, 27 Apr. 2022
  • That urge to help a little too much is a part of parenthood.
    Amy Joyce, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Of course, no two paths to parenthood are ever the same.
    Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Of course, this also forces moms to take on most of the burdens of parenthood alone.
    Jay Deitcher, Parents, 12 June 2023
  • As for Kevin, he's learned through parenthood to put himself in the girls' shoes.
    Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE.com, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Alex Gable spent recent weeks in the bleary-eyed haze of new parenthood.
    Tripp Mickle, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Nick Jonas has taken to parenthood like a pop star takes to a mic.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 18 May 2022
  • In her 2022 Christina P: Mom Genes special, the mom of two talked about the strange ups and downs of parenthood.
    Haley Van Horn, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
  • For Katz, the idea for Helaina came at 23, long before parenthood crossed her mind.
    Alexandra Sternlicht, Forbes, 22 May 2022
  • For us, the answer was obvious for the first few years of parenthood.
    Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The number-one thing our testers told us was that these swaddles were easy to put on, even in the bleary first days of parenthood.
    Jessica Hartshorn, Good Housekeeping, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The couple opened up about the challenges of first-time parenthood on an episode of Counting On.
    Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 3 July 2024
  • Most guests arrive within the first week of parenthood and stay for five or six nights.
    Blake Bakkila, Sunset Magazine, 23 May 2024
  • And one day that life that waits beyond parenthood will come.
    Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024
  • Since then, the pair have been soaking up the early moments of parenthood.
    Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
  • No one should be forced into the sacred role of parenthood against their will.
    Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Among them are what might be called the unwritten rules for parenthood.
    Paula Hancocks, CNN, 3 Dec. 2022
  • After all, isn’t passing the torch the entire point of parenthood?
    Svati Narula, Outside Online, 15 May 2022
  • Anne Hathaway is ready to talk about the mixed bag that is pregnancy and parenthood.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Who needs ghosts or demons when parenthood can be so nerve-racking?
    Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2022
  • The actress is often getting candid about parenthood and her life at home with Wade and the kids.
    Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 24 Mar. 2022
  • These changes could help prepare the brain for parenthood's unique challenges, the study suggests.
    Maya Goldman, Axios, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Thank you for being my partner in crime, life and parenthood.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 14 May 2024
  • Not all of us were raised by carefree Black parents, but this present wave of parenthood aspires to be that.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 24 Aug. 2022
  • They’re meant to teach life skills, comfort measures and even survival for those first few weeks of parenthood.
    Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 14 June 2023
  • But the famous Fox Sports reporter's road to parenthood was anything but easy.
    Anna Halkidis, Parents, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Finally: line up support for the first few months of new parenthood.
    Katherine Reynolds Lewis, Washington Post, 15 May 2023
  • Has parenthood affected his outlook on any of the things that he's written about before?
    David Pogue, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2024
  • And yet, love covers a multitude of sins, evidenced in the unorthodox parenthood expressed between the robot, a hungry fox (voiced by Pedro Pascal), and a gosling (Kit Connor).
    Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2024

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