🇬🇧🇪🇸 parenthood - paternidad : English Lesson

Meaning of "parenthood" ("paternidad"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Parenthood is the experience and responsibilities of raising and caring for children. It involves nurturing, teaching, and guiding them as they grow, and often includes a mix of challenges and joys.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

Parenthood means pretending you’re not scared when your kid brings you a pet worm.

Parenthood is when you say, “We’re leaving!” 17 times, but no one actually leaves.

In parenthood, you learn to function on three hours of sleep… and a whole lot of coffee.

Parenthood means hiding in the pantry to eat chocolate so your kids don’t find it.

Parenthood means pretending you enjoy cold spaghetti because your toddler “cooked” it for you.

Parenthood begins at dawn: she lifts a sleeping child into the stroller. Parenthood hums in her tired hands as she ties a tiny shoe, wipes spilled juice, hums an old lullaby and steadies a cold coffee. Parenthood leans in to kiss a scraped knee. Parenthood points at birds. Parenthood sighs and smiles as the child takes a brave step.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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