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 learned about all kinds of cooperative parents while researching the evolution of caretaking for my new book, The Creatures’ Guide to Caring.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

Repetition often arrives quietly during periods of grief, or intense work, or winter or caretaking — times when energy is being spent elsewhere, often invisibly.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

After years of demanding jobs, caretaking or the death of a spouse, the volunteers say the group provides a sense of purpose and is an antidote to loneliness.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2025

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