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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Musk reportedly has employees working more than 100 hours a week in windowless rooms to engineer every element of the plan, from the design of small-dome habitats to spacesuits to child-rearing on the planet.
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 July 2024
Another way policymakers could address the motherhood penalty is by trying to offset whatever loss in job earnings moms may incur from taking on child-rearing.
—Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 9 July 2024
The costs of child-rearing are astronomical, and it should be considered a no-brainer to expand government support.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 May 2024
And that burden falls most on mothers, who shoulder more child-rearing responsibilities and are far more likely to leave a job to care for kids.
—Moriah Balingit, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2024
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 July 2024
Another way policymakers could address the motherhood penalty is by trying to offset whatever loss in job earnings moms may incur from taking on child-rearing.
—Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 9 July 2024
The costs of child-rearing are astronomical, and it should be considered a no-brainer to expand government support.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 May 2024
And that burden falls most on mothers, who shoulder more child-rearing responsibilities and are far more likely to leave a job to care for kids.
—Moriah Balingit, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2024
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“Child-rearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/child-rearing. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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