Definition of Parenting

1. Noun. Process of raising and educating a child from birth until adulthood. ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of parent) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Parenting

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Parenting

1. Performing the role of a parent by care-giving, nurturance, and protection of the child by a natural or substitute parent. The parent supports the child by exercising authority and through consistent, empathic, appropriate behaviour in response to the child's needs. Parenting differs from child rearing in that in child rearing the emphasis is on the act of training or bringing up the children and the interaction between the parent and child, while parenting emphasizes the responsibility and qualities of exemplary behaviour of the parent. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parenting

parenthesising
parenthesization
parenthesizations
parenthesize
parenthesized
parenthesizes
parenthesizing
parenthesome
parenthetic
parenthetical
parenthetical expression
parenthetically
parentheticals
parenthood
parenthoods
parenting
parentings
parentism
parentless
parentlike
parents
parents-in-law
pareo
pareos
parepicele
parepididymis
parepithymia
parer
parerethisis
parerga

Literary usage of Parenting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Drug Abuse Prevention Through Family Interventions by Rebecca Singer Ashery, Elizabeth B. Robertson, Karol Linda Kumpfer (1999)
"Parenting practices refer to sets of specific parenting behaviors that parents are ... Parenting style refers to the more global context in which parenting ..."

2. Prevention of Youth Violence: A Framework for Community Action by Mary Ann Fenley (1993)
"Parenting Centers Improving parenting skills through specially designed classes for parents can improve how the parent and child interact. ..."

3. Case Studies from the Quality Improvement Support System by David H. Gustafson (1998)
"Partnership in Pregnancy and Parenting Introduction In September 1991, a large managed care system implemented a quality improvement project to examine ..."

4. Biblical Counsel: Resources for Renewal : an Annotated Topical Bibliography by Steven C. Kettler (1993)
"Tim Kimmel offers such a plan to dads and moms wanting a blueprint for positive parenting." Lester, Andrew D., When Children Suffer: A Sourcebook for ..."

5. Protecting Children in Substance-Abusing Families by Vickie Kropenske, Judy Howard (1995)
"Parenting Skills and Responsiveness to Child Evaluation of parents' caregiving skills and responsiveness to their children's needs is a particularly ..."

6. Helping Children Take Healthy Steps: Abstracts of Selected Articles on Early edited by Jeanne Brooks-Gunn (1999)
"Parenting Behaviors and Characteristics The intervention programs presented in this volume were all broadly designed to improve outcomes for young children ..."

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