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
Cultural differences on child-rearing take an extreme turn when child-protection services become involved, and the divisions reflect a bigger battle between conservative and progressive values.
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Miranda Murray,
USA Today,
24 May 2026
Some of her collaborators have already shown that pregnancy alters a mom’s hormones and brain structure in ways that are good for bonding and child-rearing.
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The Atlantic,
14 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.
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Rachel Tepper Paley,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 May 2026
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Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
Cultural differences on child-rearing take an extreme turn when child-protection services become involved, and the divisions reflect a bigger battle between conservative and progressive values.
—
Miranda Murray,
USA Today,
24 May 2026
Some of her collaborators have already shown that pregnancy alters a mom’s hormones and brain structure in ways that are good for bonding and child-rearing.
—
The Atlantic,
14 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
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 7 Jul. 2026.
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