Parenting is the skill and the daily work of looking after your own children — how you feed them, teach them, set rules, and comfort them. People talk about good parenting, strict parenting, helicopter parenting (hovering too close).

Parenting is育兒/帶孩子指的是 the skill and the daily work of looking after your own children照顧自己孩子的技巧和日常工作 — how you feed them, teach them, set rules, and comfort them也就是你怎麼餵他們、教他們、訂規矩、安慰他們。People talk about good parenting, strict parenting, helicopter parenting (hovering too close)人們會說good parenting（好的育兒方式）、strict parenting（嚴格的育兒方式）、helicopter parenting（過度緊迫盯人的直升機式育兒）。

The word became very common in the last few decades; older speakers might just have said “bringing up children.” Though actually, people stretch it a lot: parenting can mean a whole way of thinking, or just tonight’s fight about bedtime. It is about what you do.

The word became very common in the last few decades;這個字在過去幾十年變得很常見 older speakers might just have said "bringing up children."年紀較大的人可能就只會說『bringing up children』（把孩子養大） Though actually, people stretch it a lot:不過實際上，人們常常延伸這個字的用法 parenting can mean a whole way of thinking,parenting可以指整套教養的想法 or just tonight's fight about bedtime也可以只是今晚為了睡覺時間吵的那一架。It is about what you do它講的是你做了什麼。

It is not parenthood (the fact of being a parent) and not parentage (the family you were born into). Magazines and schools love the word; at the kitchen table people still say “looking after the kids.”

It is not parenthood (the fact of being a parent)它不是parenthood（身為父母這個身分） and not parentage (the family you were born into)也不是parentage（你出生所屬的家庭）。Magazines and schools love the word;雜誌和學校很愛用這個字 at the kitchen table people still say "looking after the kids."但在餐桌上人們還是會說『looking after the kids』（照顧孩子）。