childrearing

English

Alternative forms

• child-rearing

Etymology

From child +‎ rearing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɪldˌɹɪəɹɪŋ/

Noun

childrearing (uncountable)

1. The raising of children; parenting.
   • 2014, Rebecca Ley, “City versus country childhoods”, in The Guardian, +201 December 2014:

     While it’s easy to dwell on the things you lack, there are so many good things about childrearing in a city like London. I can’t imagine a better place for having a newborn, with so many people to make friends with, classes to go to and coffee shops to linger in.

   • 1988 January 8, James Krohe Jr., “Reading: Last Among First Ladies”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     The compulsions of her own personality pushed aside convention in childrearing (both she and Lincoln were shockingly indulgent) […] .

Translations

raising of children

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 育兒／育儿 (zh) (yù'ér)

• Finnish: kasvatus (fi), lastenkasvatus
• French: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: gyereknevelés (hu)
• Polish: wychowanie dzieci n, wychowywanie dzieci n
• Russian: воспита́ние дете́й n (vospitánije detéj)
• Ukrainian: вихова́ння діте́й n (vyxovánnja ditéj)