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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They should be recognized for their willingness to add this additional monthly child-rearing expense to pay for their child’s, and ultimately the country’s, future.
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Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
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.
—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
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Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
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.
—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
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 5 Jun. 2026.
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