nurturance

• Such gender-specific incentive sensitization phenomenon may reflect an evolutionary-derived need for diversion of limited resources to the nurturance of healthy offspring. —  Elites TV
• Symbols of nurturance are the most powerful in that they remind men of their dependence upon the Mother -- upon the Female .... —  Radical Goddess Thealogy
• Effective teachers and parents are consistent, but they are consistent within the context of nurturance.
• Third, while families have increased their total work hours as they try to compensate for stagnant wages, the sense of a more harried family life among the educated probably comes from rising standards for how much nurturance children require -- concerns that have been stimulated by intensified competition for a limited number of college places. —  The American Prospect Articles
• In Sapadin's study, men rated cross-sex friendships as being much higher in overall quality, enjoyment and nurturance than their same-sex friendships. —  Psychology Today

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