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Parenthood   /pˈɛrənthˌʊd/   Listen
Parenthood

noun
1.
The state of being a parent.  Synonym: parentage.






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"Parenthood" Quotes from Famous Books



... a family, though—had he any true aptitude for it? or was he forcing himself to go through with it? Wasn't he, moreover, incurring all the labours of parenthood without any of its proper dignity and social esteem? Mrs. Chow down the street, for instance, why did she look so sniffingly upon him when she heard the children, in the harmless uproar of their play, cry him aloud as Daddy? Uncle, he had ...
— Where the Blue Begins • Christopher Morley

... not rigid parents like the fourth type, lenient like the Alimentives, nor temperamental with their children like the Thoracics, but practical and very efficient in their parenthood. They are very fond of their children but do not "spoil" them as often as some of the other ...
— How to Analyze People on Sight - Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types • Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict



Words linked to "Parenthood" :   parent, adulthood



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