as in parenting
the caring for a child by its parents
parenthood is a difficult task requiring great commitment
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Despite her new role as a mother, Patterns in Repeat isn’t solely grounded in parenthood.
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Daniel Kohn, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2024
The film centers on themes of parenthood and resilience, with Shanu grappling with self-discovery while his father deals with grief and societal pressures.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
Yoder’s book dove headfirst into the realities faced by many women who found the gap between the expectations around parenthood and the experience itself to be leagues apart, before taking an intriguingly magical and brutal detour into primal-scream fantasy.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
That uncertainty resonated with Heller’s own experience of the extreme fatigue and mental anguish that are just a natural part of parenthood and long-term relationships.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
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Daniel Kohn, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2024
The film centers on themes of parenthood and resilience, with Shanu grappling with self-discovery while his father deals with grief and societal pressures.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
Yoder’s book dove headfirst into the realities faced by many women who found the gap between the expectations around parenthood and the experience itself to be leagues apart, before taking an intriguingly magical and brutal detour into primal-scream fantasy.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
That uncertainty resonated with Heller’s own experience of the extreme fatigue and mental anguish that are just a natural part of parenthood and long-term relationships.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Parenthood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parenthood. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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