parenting
Americannoun
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the rearing of children.
The schedule allows her very little time for parenting.
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the methods, techniques, etc., used or required in the rearing of children.
a course in parenting.
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the state of being a parent; parenthood.
adjective
noun
Usage
Parenting has come to be favored over parenthood, rearing, and bringing up in sociological and educational literature and in popular writing.
Etymology
Origin of parenting
Example Sentences
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One chapter focuses on the “depleting, frustrating, resentful boredom” that defined his experience of parenting young children.
“Parents could be assumed to sympathize with the plaintiff’s mother, but they may also be quicker to perceive lenient parenting.”
From Los Angeles Times
Beyond new menu items, there’s more in the works, including community events like sound baths, comedy nights and classes on composting, native plants and parenting.
From Los Angeles Times
Joe was previously a staff writer at the Atlantic magazine, where he covered business and economics, and then families and parenting.
Hiding vegetables in food is usually framed as a parenting tactic — a way to smuggle spinach past a suspicious toddler.
From Salon
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