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.

Descriptor ID	D002668
MeSH Number(s)	F01.318
Concept/Terms	Child Rearing Child Rearing Child Rearings Rearing, Child Rearings, Child

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