childrearing

noun

Etymology: From child + rearing.

1. The raising of children; parenting.

   “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.”

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