Parenting

Parenting comprises all the tasks involved in raising a child.

It includes:

• providing food and drinks, and in the case of small children, the process of feeding or helping with that;
• providing a toilet and facilities for washing, and in the case of small children, the washing itself or helping with that, and providing diapers or helping using the toilet;
• providing clothing, and in the case of small children, putting the clothes on and taking them off or helping with that;
• providing shelter, furniture, medical care[?], love, entertainment, safety;
• arranging for a school to provide education, with parents providing additional education and guidance, including norms, and in the case of religious parents, religion.

Parenting may involve praise[?] but also punishment, for instance putting a child over the knee for a spanking. The term "child training" implies a specific type of parenting that focuses on holistic understanding of the child.

See also

• Family and consumer science
• Homemaking
• Time-out
• Spanking
• Diaper
• Finishing school
• Taking children seriously
• child abuse
• Parental supervision