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fatherhood

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Recent Examples of fatherhood In three years, Whitley’s job transformed from obstructing his fatherhood to enhancing it. — Jack Leo, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026 In August, while speaking to PEOPLE about his new Netflix movie The Whisper Man, De Niro opened up about balancing a busy career with fatherhood. — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026 Between the trauma of a hit-and-run and the anxiety of impending fatherhood, the idea for Onslaught, Wingard’s most personal film to date, began to take shape. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026 While fatherhood bestows a caring persona on a male candidate, for women, the candidacy is often seen through a lens of family responsibility. — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026 Following his 2019 essay for the New Yorker, Murakami recounts a compelling history of fatherhood, family and obligation, transforming an uncanny childhood memory into a deeply personal history. — Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026 The record leaned into self-reflection and self-preservation informed by a divorce, his introduction to fatherhood, and an exploration of his Mexican roots through his signature alternative R&B sound. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2026 For example, Hank humorously embodies the tension at the heart of American masculinity and fatherhood. — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Aug. 2026 But then Burns got to the part of fatherhood that seems to have changed his perspective the most. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026

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Using those genetic comparisons, researchers modeled competing paternity scenarios involving Jefferson, plus his brother Randolph and Randolph's sons.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
The President’s genes were then compared with those of dozens of putative descendants, revealing so much overlap that his paternity of Hemings’s children is virtually certain.

— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2026

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From puberty and first heartbreak to career pivots and, for some, motherhood, women are thrown into an endless evolution of identity that comes with simply being alive.

— Partner Content, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026
And, though the experience of severe mental illness and motherhood remain almost invisible in popular discussion, more than 100,000 women with severe mental illnesses have children every year in the United States.

— Meg LeDuc, STAT, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of motherhood

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How did your Christian upbringing influence your portrayal of Pastor Hwan?

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
This dual-language class is also a federally funded Head Start program — long considered a gold standard in early childhood education — and must integrate learning with each child’s cultural and linguistic upbringing.

— Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of upbringing

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For many would-be parents, the demands of child rearing are not the first hurdle.

— Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Greer was also the author of Obama Music, a 2009 memoir about her personal connection to Chicago’s South Side contrasted with that of President Obama’s political rearing in the same community.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026

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