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parenting

[ pair-uhn-ting, par- ]

noun

  1. the rearing of children:

    The schedule allows her very little time for parenting.

  2. the methods, techniques, etc., used or required in the rearing of children:

    a course in parenting.

  3. the state of being a parent; parenthood.


adjective

  1. of or concerned with the rearing of children:

    good parenting skills.

parenting

/ ˈɛəəԳɪŋ /

noun

  1. the care and upbringing of a child
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage Note

Parenting has come to be favored over parenthood, rearing, and bringing up in sociological and educational literature and in popular writing.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of parenting1

First recorded in 1955–60; parent + -ing 1
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Example Sentences

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"Everything is on the table, our food system, our water, our air, different ways of parenting, all the kind of changes that may have triggered this epidemic," Kennedy later told Fox News.

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Still, it did little to dampen belief in the dad strength phenomenon — one that, well before Ohtani entered the ranks of parenting, has become particularly popular within professional baseball.

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Ocado has apologised "unreservedly" to Mumsnet for citing "hateful political views" when it pulled out of a commercial partnership over the parenting forum's stance on the definition of sex in the Equality Act.

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But the most jarring part hasn't been parenting itself — it's been watching how digitally wired my niece's relationship with money already is.

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But beyond parenting challenges, she doesn’t lean into her age in her material.

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