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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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.
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Judith Martin, Dallas Morning News, 28 Feb. 2026
Mothers are still overwhelmingly the primary caregivers in American families, and tend to be more sensitive to the challenges of child-rearing than older men, who may have been less intimately involved in its daily struggles.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
That new program has given direct payments to low- and middle-income families to help with child-rearing costs, starting with the tax-filing season a year ago.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 17 Feb. 2026
If not, now's your chance to grab a calendar and pencil in some time to reconnect as a couple, plan a girls or guys trip, or just escape for a bit from the daily grind of child-rearing and work responsibilities.
—Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
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Judith Martin, Dallas Morning News, 28 Feb. 2026
Mothers are still overwhelmingly the primary caregivers in American families, and tend to be more sensitive to the challenges of child-rearing than older men, who may have been less intimately involved in its daily struggles.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
That new program has given direct payments to low- and middle-income families to help with child-rearing costs, starting with the tax-filing season a year ago.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 17 Feb. 2026
If not, now's your chance to grab a calendar and pencil in some time to reconnect as a couple, plan a girls or guys trip, or just escape for a bit from the daily grind of child-rearing and work responsibilities.
—Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 3 Feb. 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 9 Mar. 2026.
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