Parenting
Parenting noun - The caring for a child by its parents.
Usage example: as the big day approaches, the expectant couple are starting to get worried about their fitness for parenting
Upbringing and parenting are semantically related in breeding topic. In some cases you can use "Upbringing" instead a noun "Parenting".
Upbringing
Upbringing noun - Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community.
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Parenting and upbringing are semantically related in breeding topic. Sometimes you can use "Parenting" instead a noun "Upbringing".
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Both words in one sentence
- The Legend of Korra has Toph who adopted this parenting strategy, partly in response to her own upbringing and partly due to a demanding career.
Source: Hands-Off Parenting -
Domestic Abuse: The child who is slapped - the reader/viewer is left to consider; was the slap abusive, was the child's Hands-Off Parenting upbringing abusive, or both?
Source: Series / The Slap
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Upbringing and Parenting. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/parenting/upbringing
Parenting & Upbringing. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/parenting/upbringing>.
Upbringing or Parenting. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/parenting/upbringing.
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