Meanings
alternative child-rearing
- uncountableThe raising of children; parenting.
The compulsions of her own personality pushed aside convention in childrearing (both she and Lincoln were shockingly indulgent)[…].
1988 January 8, James Krohe Jr., “Reading: Last Among First Ladies”, in Chicago Reader1 more example
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.
2014, Rebecca Ley, “City versus country childhoods”, in The Guardian, +201 December 2014
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 育兒 /育儿
- 育兒 /育儿 (yù'ér)raising of children
Finnish kasvatus, lastenkasvatus
- kasvatusraising of children
- lastenkasvatusraising of children
French éducation des enfants
- éducation des enfantsraising of children
Hungarian gyereknevelés
- gyereknevelésraising of children
Polish wychowanie dzieci, wychowywanie dzieci
- wychowanie dzieciraising of children
- wychowywanie dzieciraising of children
Russian воспита́ние дете́й
- воспита́ние дете́й (vospitánije detéj)raising of children
Ukrainian вихова́ння діте́й
- вихова́ння діте́й (vyxovánnja ditéj)raising of children
Cite this entry
childrearing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/childrearing
“childrearing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/childrearing. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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