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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The country suffers one of the lowest population replacement rates in the world due to financial, social, and logistical challenges posed by child-rearing. Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Mar. 2025 Taiwan has spent more than $3 billion on child-rearing initiatives. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025 Those predictions have galvanized the political right, combining a sense of cultural decline with xenophobia to persuade voters that a return to traditional American values — which means more child-rearing — is the solution. Dylan Scott, Vox, 5 Feb. 2025 Read: Cultural shifts alone won’t persuade people to have kids This goes for all of the other pressing concerns about child-rearing that Americans ought to be discussing. Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2025 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 13 Mar. 2025.

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