parenting
noun
par·ent·ing
ˈper-ən-tiŋ 
Examples of parenting in a Sentence
They share the responsibilities of parenting.
as the big day approaches, the expectant couple are starting to get worried about their fitness for parenting
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Remember to record all the interactions with Jen in the parenting app.
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Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
But where the stage parent might, in past generations, have been considered a little too striving, the logic of modern parenting offers a kind of permission unavailable to Ethel Gumm.
—Lauren Hilgers, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
Shari Franke, the eldest daughter of disgraced Utah parenting blogger Ruby Franke, shares the disturbing details of her mother's downfall, including their last conversation together, in her new memoir.
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—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
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Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
But where the stage parent might, in past generations, have been considered a little too striving, the logic of modern parenting offers a kind of permission unavailable to Ethel Gumm.
—Lauren Hilgers, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
Shari Franke, the eldest daughter of disgraced Utah parenting blogger Ruby Franke, shares the disturbing details of her mother's downfall, including their last conversation together, in her new memoir.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2025
Ultimately, The Wild Robot, tackling perennial subjects like parenting and more contemporary ones like technological sentience, is a movie for the moment that could also only be made in this moment.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Parenting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parenting. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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parenting
noun
par·ent·ing
ˈpar-ənt-iŋ
ˈper-
: the raising of a child by its parents
Medical Definition
parenting
noun
par·ent·ing
ˈpar-ənt-iŋ, ˈper-
: the raising of a child by its parents
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