child-rearing

noun

: the process of taking care of and raising children

Her husband is actively involved in child-rearing.

—often used before another noun

child-rearing practices/methods

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These are women who embraces a 1950s-style homemaker lifestyle replete with beautiful frocks, focusing on domestic duties like cooking, cleaning, and child-rearing while their husband works. —

Gemma Allen, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024 That leaves Nick with all the child-rearing responsibilities for their young daughter, Isla (Matilda Firth), and infant son, Max. —

Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024 South Korea, which has the world's lowest fertility rate at 0.72 births per woman, has spent hundreds of billions of dollars to encourage child-rearing and is even launching a new government ministry dedicated to its population crisis. —

Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024 Disagreements over child-rearing have destroyed marriages. —

Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for child-rearing