How to Use parenting in a Sentence

parenting

noun
  • They share the responsibilities of parenting.
  • Call it tough love or just good parenting.
    — Jonathan I. Shenkman, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Here's what else to know about this parenting style.
    — Amy Morin, Parents, 5 Mar. 2026
  • That’s where slow parenting comes in.
    — Alex Vance, Parents, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Art and ideas around parenting.
    — Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Co-parenting by choice might be the right model for you.
    — Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Now, critics hope her style of parenting will fall along with her.
    — Sonja Sharpstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Some of our all-time favorite parenting tips in one place for you.
    — Barrie Gillies, Parents, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Big things, like parenting and work, can fall by the wayside.
    — Kat McGowan, NPR, 1 Apr. 2025
  • In many species, the males are just as adept at parenting as the females.
    — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 20 June 2026
  • That is the real work of parenting, which many adults might not want to take on.
    — Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Ford’s mother’s style of parenting could be viewed as child abuse.
    — Darryl Robertson, USA TODAY, 31 May 2021
  • Jay has spoken out about their co-parenting.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Jan. 2026
  • And we hadn’t been prepared for the changes that parenting would bring about—that old cliché.
    — Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Now, this is not to say one way of parenting is better than the other.
    — L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune Well, 13 May 2023
  • And that's the power of great parenting.
    — Sid Evans, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Some of this is just good parenting; some of it is mere gamesmanship.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • In my view, hands-on parenting should not be a luxury good.
    — Darby Saxbe, Fortune, 21 June 2026
  • In my view, hands-on parenting should not be a luxury good.
    — Darby Saxbe, The Conversation, 16 June 2026
  • News, that co-parenting is a struggle.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 17 June 2026
  • And that really showed up in her parenting of me.
    — Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
  • To butcher a common parenting adage, the nights are long, but the years are short.
    — Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 29 July 2024
  • Why growl at Midge’s icebox parenting, which the show sees as adorable?
    — Anthony Lan, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2021
  • They’re seen as the right-hand man to mothers, who have taken the lead in parenting.
    — Jessica Troilo, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Some guests were thrilled at the prospect of a night off from parenting, says Samantha.
    — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 6 Dec. 2021
  • There’s no version of parenting that prepares you for this.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
  • But that’s the magic of parenting.
    — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 18 June 2026
  • This is what gentle parenting gets you, Rhaenyra.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 June 2026
  • How has your parenting style differed?
    — Andrea Mandell, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
  • There are a lot of milestones to mark in parenting—first tooth, first birthday, first day of school.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2023

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