fathering
Producing a child
Fathering is the act of becoming or being a father.
In its most literal sense, to father a child is to biologically sire one: DNA testing confirmed he had fathered three children.
More broadly, fathering encompasses the ongoing work of raising and caring for children as a father figure.
The term sometimes extends to creating or originating something significant: He's credited with fathering the modern environmental movement.
Producing offspring paternally
- begettingCausing to exist
- procreationGenerating biological offspring
- conceptionFormation of an idea
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
heredity · lineage · bloodline · DNA · chromosomes · offspring · reproduction · progenitor
Raising and nurturing offspring
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
- raisingLifting or nurturing
- upbringingChildhood care and training
- bondingForming close connections
caring · affection · providing · supporting · involvement · engagement · responsibility · custody
Protective caretaker of another
- protectorOne who safeguards others
- defenderOne who guards another
- providerOne who furnishes things
- safeguardingPreventing harm or loss
shielding · security · watchfulness · vigilance · sanctuary · custodian · shelter · safety
Advice for decisions
- coachingGuiding others to improve
- mentoringAdvising someone less experienced
- advisingGiving informed guidance
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
tutoring · wisdom · leadership · influence · inspiration · encouragement · motivation · empowerment
siring
Producing offspring paternally
- begettingCausing to exist
- procreationGenerating biological offspring
- conceptionFormation of an idea
genetics · heredity · lineage · bloodline · DNA · chromosomes · offspring · reproduction · progenitor · seed
childrearing
Raising and nurturing offspring
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
- raisingLifting or nurturing
- upbringingChildhood care and training
bonding · caring · affection · providing · supporting · involvement · engagement · responsibility · custody · fostering
guardian
Protective caretaker of another
safeguarding · shielding · security · watchfulness · vigilance · sanctuary · custodian · shelter · safety · breadwinner
guidance
Advice for decisions
- coachingGuiding others to improve
- mentoringAdvising someone less experienced
- advisingGiving informed guidance
counseling · tutoring · wisdom · leadership · influence · inspiration · encouragement · motivation · empowerment · teaching
- protectivenessguarding, shielding, sheltering, defender, protector
- compassionsympathy, empathy, caring, kindness, tenderness
- parentageparentage, maternity, motherhood, natural parent, parenthood
fatheringchildlessness
Lacking any offspring
sterility · infertility · barrenness · contraception · abstinence
fatheringabandoning
Leaving permanently behind
neglecting · deserting · disowning · forsaking · orphaning
father, grandfather, fatherly, fatherhood, fathers, godfather, paternal, fathered, patriarch