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parenthood

noun

ˈper-ənt-ˌhu̇d

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the caring for a child by its parents parenthood is a difficult task requiring great commitment

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Recent Examples of parenthood Bündchen also recently made a rare comment about parenthood. —

Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 6 Apr. 2026 Hailee Steinfeld and Josh Allen have officially entered parenthood, welcoming their first little one. —

Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026 It’s collected alongside Mills’ other works, which share the poignant throughline of parenthood and bittersweet hope for the future, plus story notes for further context. —

Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026 After 15 years of working solo, Cornfield credits parenthood for a more social and collaborative approach to music-making. —

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parenting

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At the Ramsey County Family Service Center in Maplewood, as many as 65 adults and children at a time are offered up to four consecutive months of crisis housing, food and onsite medical and dental services, as well as assistance navigating employment, transportation, tutoring and parenting skills.

— Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2026
In the nineteen-fifties, television had been touted by the likes of the parenting luminary Benjamin Spock and the prominent psychoanalyst Erik Erikson as potentially beneficial to children, but by the late nineteen-sixties the bloom was off the rose.

— Jean Garnett, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026