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
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That a child’s refusal of perfectly good, perfectly healthy food reflects some deficit in child-rearing, and naturally would not be a problem for me, a professional food writer, whose love of food is in fact genetic.
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Rachel Tepper Paley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 May 2026
Then there is the lifelong contentiousness with her mother, Marluce Martins Perry, a talented Brazilian artist who reluctantly traded her gifts and status for matrimony and child-rearing and resented her family in the wake of her decision.
—A.d. Amorosi, SPIN, 4 May 2026
That means these women are responsible for cooking, cleaning, child-rearing, and most other domestic duties, while their husbands are tasked with making money and major family decisions.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 28 Apr. 2026
Childcare is the most expensive child-rearing cost Childcare costs are by far the highest expense for families with children under 5, according to LendingTree’s analysis.
—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
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Rachel Tepper Paley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 May 2026
Then there is the lifelong contentiousness with her mother, Marluce Martins Perry, a talented Brazilian artist who reluctantly traded her gifts and status for matrimony and child-rearing and resented her family in the wake of her decision.
—A.d. Amorosi, SPIN, 4 May 2026
That means these women are responsible for cooking, cleaning, child-rearing, and most other domestic duties, while their husbands are tasked with making money and major family decisions.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 28 Apr. 2026
Childcare is the most expensive child-rearing cost Childcare costs are by far the highest expense for families with children under 5, according to LendingTree’s analysis.
—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for child-rearing
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“Child-rearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/child-rearing. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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