What is raising?

More definitions of "raising":

• (noun): Raising someone to be an accepted member of the community.
  Synonyms: breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, rearing, upbringing

• (noun): The properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child.
  Synonyms: rearing, nurture

• (noun): The event of something being raised upward.
  Example: "A raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity"
  Synonyms: elevation, lift

Famous quotes containing the word raising:

“Our first line of defense in raising children with values is modeling good behavior ourselves. This is critical. How will our kids learn tolerance for others if our hearts are filled with hate? Learn compassion if we are indifferent? Perceive academics as important if soccer practice is a higher priority than homework?”
—Fred G. Gosman (20th century)

“In spite of the six thousand manuals on child raising in the bookstores, child raising is still a dark continent and no one really knows anything. You just need a lot of love and luck—and, of course, courage.”
—Bill Cosby (20th century)

“It is not more people that are needed in the world but better people, physically, morally and mentally. This question of raising the quality of our American population must also be taken into account in the question of immigration.”
—Agnes E. Meyer (1887–1970)