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nurturant

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nur·tur·ance  (nûrchr-ns)
n.
The providing of loving care and attention.
nurtur·ant adj.
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Adj.1.nurturant - providing physical and emotional care and nourishment
compassionate - showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women"
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We have observed nurturant interactions in all settings where we collected our data: Thailand, Canada, Italy, the United Kingdom (UK), Peru, the United States (USA), and Turkey.
A Day in the Life: secure interludes with joint book reading by Cameron, Catherine Ann; Pinto, Giuliana / Journal of Research in Childhood Education
Analyses of gender portrayals have found predominantly stereotypic portrayals of dominant males and nurturant females within the contexts of advertisements (print and television), magazine fiction, newspapers, child-oriented print media, textbooks, literature, film and popular music (17), (30), (33), (40), (41), (44) proposed that individuals' attitudes can vary, depending on the current context and the information that is salient in it.
Personal and psychological factors-does it impact the choice of ... by Idris, Izian; Yajid, Mohd Shukri Ab; Khatibi, Ali / Journal of Social Sciences
Toward the end of the last century, the emergence of the new nurturant father role expanded our expectations for fathers to be involved in the ongoing care and socialization of young children (Dienhart, 1998; LaRossa, 1997, Pleck, 2004).
Transitions within fathering by Palkovitz, Rob; Palm, Glen / Fathering
 
 
 
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