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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Readers send Miss Manners not only their table and party questions, but those involving the more complicated aspects of life - romance, work, family relationships, child-rearing, death - as well as philosophical and moral dilemmas.
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Judith Martin, Dallas Morning News, 7 Feb. 2026
If not, now's your chance to grab a calendar and pencil in some time to reconnect as a couple, plan a girls or guys trip, or just escape for a bit from the daily grind of child-rearing and work responsibilities.
—Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
The brothers are homeschooled by their mom, Audrey, who juggles teaching, child-rearing and advocacy work.
—Sophia Peyser, CNN Money, 2 Feb. 2026
The pressure to never misstep intensified by a growing industry of professional child-rearing advice.
—Danielle Marie Holland, Parents, 27 Jan. 2026
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Judith Martin, Dallas Morning News, 7 Feb. 2026
If not, now's your chance to grab a calendar and pencil in some time to reconnect as a couple, plan a girls or guys trip, or just escape for a bit from the daily grind of child-rearing and work responsibilities.
—Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
The brothers are homeschooled by their mom, Audrey, who juggles teaching, child-rearing and advocacy work.
—Sophia Peyser, CNN Money, 2 Feb. 2026
The pressure to never misstep intensified by a growing industry of professional child-rearing advice.
—Danielle Marie Holland, Parents, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Child-rearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/child-rearing. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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