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

Examples of child-rearing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Readers send Miss Manners not only their table and party questions, but those involving the more complicated aspects of life - romance, work, family relationships, child-rearing, death - as well as philosophical and moral dilemmas. —Judith Martin, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026

The Science of Trump also contained an essay by the researchers Eric Oliver and Wendy M. Rahn, who surveyed 1,044 Americans with queries about child-rearing and obedience. —Jason Blakely, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025

Yet, costly initiatives keep falling short, dashing the child-rearing hopes of young families. —Bruce Fuller, Oc Register, 27 Dec. 2025

Unaffordable housing, poor access to child care and the growing expenses of child-rearing also add up to fewer kids. —Mike Schneider, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for child-rearing

• adhering
• appearing
• careering
• cohering
• endearing
• inhering
• prehearing
• rehearing
• veneering
• bioengineering
• cheering
• clearing