child-rearing

noun

: the process of taking care of and raising children

Her husband is actively involved in child-rearing.

—often used before another noun

child-rearing practices/methods

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South Korea, which has the world's lowest fertility rate at 0.72 births per woman, has spent hundreds of billions of dollars to encourage child-rearing and is even launching a new government ministry dedicated to its population crisis. —

Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024 Disagreements over child-rearing have destroyed marriages. —

Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024 Questionable child-rearing methods aside, the point here and throughout Brothership is that harmony takes work. —

Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024 It's believed parents are turning to an intensive style of child-rearing because raising our families in the modern world is more difficult and therefore requires ramped up supervision. —

Melissa Willets, Parents, 26 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for child-rearing