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
Examples of child-rearing in a Sentence
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While Learning It Yourself Consider the Mental Health Impact
As anyone who's gone from full-time work to full-time child-rearing knows, quitting a job requires more than just a financial adjustment.
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Mia Taylor, Parents, 29 Mar. 2024
Mothers still make convenient villains, especially in an era when every child-rearing decision can be chewed over, debated, Instagrammed and quote tweeted.
—Mark Harris Keita Morimoto, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Now Montessori influences pervade the design of playrooms, popular toys, and even the general ethos of self-sufficiency that defines many modern child-rearing theories.
—Kate Cray, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2024
Now in the twenty-first century, the intensive parenting is the dominant child-rearing style.
—Alison Escalante, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
The cost of raising a child to age 18 in China is 6.3 times higher than the country’s GDP per capita, the report said – a ratio second only to its East Asian neighbor South Korea, which has the world’s lowest fertility rate, and where the cost of child-rearing is 7.79 times GDP per capita.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 22 Feb. 2024
In large part, her position rests on her argument that all the fundamental interests tied to child-rearing can be satisfied with just one child.
—Trevor Hedberg, The Conversation, 15 Feb. 2024
While my parents were wild and fashionable (my mother was a designer, my father an art dealer), Granny and Winnie were cosy and always around and, frankly, took over the child-rearing to a large degree.
—Plum Sykes, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2024
Finally, many people in this age group may be busy with a variety of responsibilities, including child-rearing, work and caring for older family members.
—Katia Hetter, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024
Mia Taylor, Parents, 29 Mar. 2024
Mothers still make convenient villains, especially in an era when every child-rearing decision can be chewed over, debated, Instagrammed and quote tweeted.
—Mark Harris Keita Morimoto, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Now Montessori influences pervade the design of playrooms, popular toys, and even the general ethos of self-sufficiency that defines many modern child-rearing theories.
—Kate Cray, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2024
Now in the twenty-first century, the intensive parenting is the dominant child-rearing style.
—Alison Escalante, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
The cost of raising a child to age 18 in China is 6.3 times higher than the country’s GDP per capita, the report said – a ratio second only to its East Asian neighbor South Korea, which has the world’s lowest fertility rate, and where the cost of child-rearing is 7.79 times GDP per capita.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 22 Feb. 2024
In large part, her position rests on her argument that all the fundamental interests tied to child-rearing can be satisfied with just one child.
—Trevor Hedberg, The Conversation, 15 Feb. 2024
While my parents were wild and fashionable (my mother was a designer, my father an art dealer), Granny and Winnie were cosy and always around and, frankly, took over the child-rearing to a large degree.
—Plum Sykes, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2024
Finally, many people in this age group may be busy with a variety of responsibilities, including child-rearing, work and caring for older family members.
—Katia Hetter, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024
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“Child-rearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/child-rearing. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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