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child-rear·ing
 child-rearing
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- pronunciation:
- chaIld
rir
ihng
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noun |
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the process of raising children, including taking care of their daily needs as well as actively or indirectly instilling values in them.
Child-rearing was a job generally left to the women of the family. |
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