bringing up

Introducing a subject

Bringing up is the act of mentioning or introducing a topic into conversation: Why do you keep bringing up the divorce?

It also means raising children: Bringing up kids in the city has its challenges.

The noun form is upbringing.

childrearing

parenting

Nurturing and guiding children

fostering · guidance · discipline · bonding · attachment · milestones · toddlerhood · infancy · adolescence · custody

mentioning

raising

Lifting or nurturing

noting · citing · referencing · discussing · presenting · suggesting · pointing out · alluding · remarking · stating

elevating

raising

Lifting or nurturing

pulling up · drawing up · heaving · uprighting · propping up

educating

teaching

Profession of instructing others

tutoring · learning · curriculum · pedagogy · literacy · knowledge · homework · study · development · enlightenment

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Opposites
introducing a topic in conversation

bringing upavoiding

Deliberately staying clear

suppressing · dropping · ignoring · burying · sidestepping

raising/rearing children

bringing upabandoning

Leaving permanently behind

neglecting · giving up · forsaking · deserting · disowning

physical direction/movement

bringing upbringing down

Causing to fall

lowering · taking down · dropping · putting down · letting down

Family

bring, brought, brings, bringing, upbringing, bringer, brought up

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