as in parenting
the caring for a child by its parents
parenthood is a difficult task requiring great commitment
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Factors including growing student debt, remote work and changing views about parenthood could influence these cultural milestones in the coming decades.
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Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
The twentysomethings are now in their thirties and this first feature has a weightier tone tackling issues of parenthood, economic survival and migration, albeit with love and laughter.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
According to Baccarin, McKenzie had no trouble adapting to parenthood.
—Nicole Briese, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Instead, the series was mostly her talking about food, parenthood, and what her life is like.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 28 Aug. 2025
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Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
The twentysomethings are now in their thirties and this first feature has a weightier tone tackling issues of parenthood, economic survival and migration, albeit with love and laughter.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
According to Baccarin, McKenzie had no trouble adapting to parenthood.
—Nicole Briese, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Instead, the series was mostly her talking about food, parenthood, and what her life is like.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parenthood
parenting
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Rationalize our legal system to make childhood—and parenting—fun again.—
Carrie Lukas,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Co-parenting isn’t going too well for social media influencer and TV personality Brittany Renner and Dallas Mavericks’ player PJ Washington.—
Essence,
Essence,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Parenthood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parenthood. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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