Mothering Definition
mŭthər-ĭng
noun
The work or skill of a mother in raising a child or children.
Webster's New World
The nurturing and raising of a child or children by a mother.
American Heritage
Motherly attention or care, esp. when regarded as fussy or overprotective.
Webster's New World
1894 March 1894, Volume 21, Part 1, Mary B. Merrill, “Mothering Sunday", St. Nicholas: a monthly magazine for boys and girls, page 388:"Š
"Mothering Sunday," the fourth Sunday in Lent, when absent sons and daughters "” particularly the young apprentices "” would return to their homes with some little present for both parents, but more especially for the mother. ...Imagine the ... pride of the mother in the simple gift, and the admiration of the small brothers and sisters who gathered around and longed for the time when they also would be out in the great unknown world and could come "a-mothering."
Wiktionary
verb
Present participle of mother.
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