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nurture
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nurture
Biology the environmental factors that partly determine the structure of an organism


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This issue of not passing on hates and hurts through the generations was seen as a primary responsibility of women, so often left as the sole nurturers of children and grandchildren--others' as well as their own.
Chapter six examines the roles that elder men play in the organization of community festivals, which Traphagan interprets as public practices of concern parallel to women's domestic practices, with elder men and women both serving as nurturers of collective well-being.
The couple proved to be such good nurturers that Bert, the youngest boy, actually seroreverted while he was still a toddler--testing negative for HIV.
 
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