mothering

They are now raising a 5-year-old boy who Jennifer is incapable of mothering.
California Police Ignored, Mishandled Sex Assaults Reported by Disabled|Ryan Gabrielson|November 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But the problem, says Badinter, is how those values have changed—morphing into a style of mothering she calls “crushing.”
Elisabeth Badinter’s ‘The Conflict’: Does Modern Motherhood Undermine Women?|Jessica Bennett|April 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And then, of course, there was poor Hester Prynne—branded with a scarlet letter for mothering a child with another man.
Is Cheating the Secret to a Happy Marriage?|Jessica Bennett|October 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Katie continued to blog in excruciating detail, chronicling the worst parenting experience of them all—mothering a dying child.
A Mommy Blog's Heartbreaking Turn|K. Emily Bond|October 6, 2010|DAILY BEAST

If it was never proven that she came of gentlefolks, Laurent Giffard would hardly consent to his wife's mothering her.
A Little Girl in Old Quebec|Amanda Millie Douglas
The mothering of a lion cub has its disadvantages, and thereafter her milk of human kindness overflowed no more.
The Song of the Wolf|Frank Mayer
In Gloucestershire simnel cakes are still common; and at Usk, Monmouth, the custom of mothering is still scrupulously observed.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 4|Various
Children away from home write to their parents on Mothering Sunday if unable to get home.
Weather and Folk Lore of Peterborough and District|Charles Dack
He was now well able to take care of himself, although Stella insisted in "mothering" him when she was in camp.
Ted Strong's Motor Car|Edward C. Taylor

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