Parent (Verb)
Meaning
Look after a child until it is an adult; "raise a family"; "bring up children".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Examples
- She chose to be a stay-at-home mom and parent her three children until they went to college.
- The single father has been struggling to parent his two teenage daughters.
- Both of them have to juggle jobs and parent their children simultaneously.
- In this family, grandparents often help the parents to parent the young children.
- She and her husband must learn to parent their adopted children with understanding and patience.