Parenting
Overview
Parenting is the process of promoting and supporting the physical
, emotion
al, social, and intellectual development of a child
from infancy
to adult
hood. Parenting refers to the aspects of raising a child aside from the biological relationship.
In the case of humans, it is usually done by the biological parents of the child in question, although government
s and society
take a role as well. In many cases, orphaned or abandoned children receive parental care from non-parent blood relations.
Physical
Physical may refer to:*Body, the physical structure of an organism**Human body, the physical structure of a human*Physical abuse, abuse involving contact intended to cause feelings of intimidation, injury, or other physical suffering or bodily harm...
, emotion
Emotion
Emotion is a complex psychophysiological experience of an individual's state of mind as interacting with biochemical and environmental influences. In humans, emotion fundamentally involves "physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience." Emotion is associated with mood,...
al, social, and intellectual development of a child
Child
Biologically, a child is generally a human between the stages of birth and puberty. Some vernacular definitions of a child include the fetus, as being an unborn child. The legal definition of "child" generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority...
from infancy
Infant
A newborn or baby is the very young offspring of a human or other mammal. A newborn is an infant who is within hours, days, or up to a few weeks from birth. In medical contexts, newborn or neonate refers to an infant in the first 28 days after birth...
to adult
Adult
An adult is a human being or living organism that is of relatively mature age, typically associated with sexual maturity and the attainment of reproductive age....
hood. Parenting refers to the aspects of raising a child aside from the biological relationship.
In the case of humans, it is usually done by the biological parents of the child in question, although government
Government
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...
s and society
Society
A society, or a human society, is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or virtual territory, subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations...
take a role as well. In many cases, orphaned or abandoned children receive parental care from non-parent blood relations.
Quotations
Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.
Napoleon Bonaparte, reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 441.
I suppose that every parent loves his child; but I know, without any supposing, that in a large number of homes the love is hidden behind authority, or its expression is crowded out by daily duties and cares.
Abbott Eliot Kittredge, reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 442.
Parenting is the science of art of upbringing children.
Simon Soloveychik in Parenting for Everyone, (1996)
The more boring a child is, the more the parents, when showing off the child, receive adulation for being good parents-- because they have a tame child-creature in their house.
Frank Zappa in Mojo (magazine)|Mojo Magazine (1993)