caretaking

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But unlike the tradwife with her gaggle of youngsters underfoot, the orangutan mother sustains this intense caretaking by spacing her kids seven or so years apart.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

“I think she portrayed all the messiness of caretaking in such a beautiful way,” Rosenstock said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2025

So Alice relinquishes caretaking her father out of his grief.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2024

For the women who have attended these postpartum retreats, they credit the experience with helping them heal and relax postpartum, as well as teaching them very necessary infant caretaking skills.

From Slate • Jul. 13, 2024

The caretaking skills were no doubt those of Fiona, on his left; he remembered noticing the tenderness with which she had bathed the Old.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry