Psychiatry and Psychology

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.

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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.

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2 entry terms
  • Childrearing
  • Rearing, Child

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4 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings ethnology, history, psychology, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

check also tag CHILD or specific; differentiate from PARENTING which emphasizes the role & responsibility of the parent while CHILD REARING emphasizes the upbringing: if in doubt use term of author

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68(64)

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  1. F01.318

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Child Rearing. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002668. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002668
  2. Child Rearing. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69886747