parenting

noun par·ent·ing \ ˈper-ən-tiŋ \

|Updated on: 13 Jun 2018

Examples: parenting in a Sentence

1 : the raising of a child by its parents

2 : the act or process of becoming a parent

3 : the taking care of someone in the manner of a parent

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Examples of parenting in a Sentence

They share the responsibilities of parenting.
as the big day approaches, the expectant couple are starting to get worried about their fitness for parenting

Recent Examples of parenting from the Web

After relentless legal scrutiny of my mother’s parenting — and efforts to discredit her — she was granted sole custody to protect us from Woody Allen.

— julius young, Fox News, "Woody Allen's daughter with Soon-Yi defends him against sex abuse claims," 29 May 2018
The center’s core programming focuses on relationship skills, emotional regulation, parenting, and more.

— Daily Intelligencer, "This Unique Approach to Veteran Wellness Puts Family First," 24 May 2018
For white women, having a family and a career has finally become a possible choice, even with the realities of inequality in parenting and the workforce.

— refinery29.com, "Being Serena Lets A Black Woman Address Women Having "It All"," 24 May 2018
After relentless legal scrutiny of my mother’s parenting — and efforts to discredit her — she was granted sole custody to protect us from Woody Allen.

— amanda arnold, The Cut, "Ronan Farrow Dismisses Brother’s Claim About Mia Farrow’s Alleged Abuse," 24 May 2018
That makes her father, 40, a foremost expert on combining parenting and tennis.

— david waldstein, New York Times, "For a Doubles Champion, the Title That Counts Is Dad," 19 Apr. 2018
As part of his probation, Green is not allowed unsupervised contact with his daughter and must attend parenting and anger management classes.

— jenna west, SI.com, "Former Packers Running Back Ahman Green Gets Probabtion For Child Abuse Charge," 19 Apr. 2018
Pink appears on the cover of the magazine's 2018 'Beautiful' issue with her daughter Willow, 6, and son Jameson, 1, for a feature more focused on parenting and self-love than just the singer's looks.

— maeve mcdermott, USA TODAY, "Pink covers 'People's 'Beautiful' issue, reveals how 'girls aren't treated the same'," 18 Apr. 2018
Women In Recovery provides housing, therapy, parenting, and career classes to mothers, with an aim of cutting rates of recidivism and reuniting families.

— simon montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, "Tulsa experiment: Can investing in children early reverse poverty cycle?," 13 Apr. 2018

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