Child Rearing

The training or bringing-up of children by parents or parent-substitutes. It is used also for child rearing practices in different societies, at different economic levels, in different ethnic groups, etc. It differs from PARENTING in that in child rearing the emphasis is on the act of training or bringing up the child and the interaction between the parent and child, while parenting emphasizes the responsibility and qualities of exemplary behavior of the parent.

Year introduced: 1968(1964)

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Tree Number(s): F01.318

MeSH Unique ID: D002668

Entry Terms:

• Rearing, Child
• Childrearing

See Also:

• Parenting

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Psychiatry and Psychology Category
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Child Rearing
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