parented

Raised a child

Parented is the past tense of parent, meaning to raise or care for a child.

The verb emphasizes the active work of child-rearing rather than mere biological relation: She parented three kids on her own.

Someone can be well-parented or poorly parented depending on the quality of upbringing they received.

upbringing

raised

Lifted higher up

homeschooled · socialized · educated · trained · disciplined · sheltered · coddled · neglected · overprotected

lineage

ancestry

Family line of descent

descent · progenitors · forebears · biological · adopted · matrilineal · patrilineal · pedigree · roots · begotten

caregiving

nurturing

Supportive care-giving

protecting · fostering · mentoring · bonding · attachment · affection · encouragement · patience · discipline · teaching

Opposites
having parental care/guidance

parentedorphaned

Deprived of parents

parentless · unparented · abandoned · fatherless · motherless

quality of parental involvement

parentedneglected

Not given proper attention

ignored · unsupervised · feral · abandoned · abused

role in the parenting relationship

parentedparenting

Nurturing and guiding children

raising · nurturing · rearing · fostering · mentoring

Phrases
Family

parent, parents, parenting, parental, grandparent, parentage, parenthood, grandparents, co-parent

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