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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Unaffordable housing, poor access to child care and the growing expenses of child-rearing also add up to fewer kids.
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Mike Schneider, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2025
In this view, the only way to boost birth rates is to return to patriarchal structures, in which women focus on child-rearing and homemaking while men act as their families’ sole breadwinners.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
In postindustrial societies, many of the requirements Brown cited for making work compatible with child-rearing have become less relevant; women work in all sorts of industries requiring focused concentration, for example.
—Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2025
Couillard argued that high rents reduce fertility both by directly increasing the cost of having children and by pushing families into housing arrangements that are less compatible with child-rearing, such as house-sharing with friends or family.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
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Mike Schneider, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2025
In this view, the only way to boost birth rates is to return to patriarchal structures, in which women focus on child-rearing and homemaking while men act as their families’ sole breadwinners.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
In postindustrial societies, many of the requirements Brown cited for making work compatible with child-rearing have become less relevant; women work in all sorts of industries requiring focused concentration, for example.
—Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2025
Couillard argued that high rents reduce fertility both by directly increasing the cost of having children and by pushing families into housing arrangements that are less compatible with child-rearing, such as house-sharing with friends or family.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
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 6 Jan. 2026.
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