Meaning of aunting | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The provision of maternal care by another, allomothering.
   uncountable
2. The interactions arising from an aunt or aunt-like relationship
   uncountable

Examples

“The aunting behavior in a captive group of 22 squirrel monkeys containing three infants was done in terms of the age/sex classification of those animals involved. The time course of the aunting phenomena and the type⟳ and intensity of the interactions between the mothers and the aunts were recorded.”

“Such kidnapping rarely results in serious injury or death (i.e. 'aunting-to-death') with infant patas monkeys.”

“I found that aunting, or the care and nurture of children by aunts and great-aunts, is gendered and invisible work⟳ that, at the most basic level, salvages children’s lives.”

“Many of the strong connections with aunts exist⟳ because this role is more negotiable, flexible, and adaptable than parenting, Sotirin says. And aunts don’t necessarily have⟳ to be related, either, hence the new verb, aunting, a set⟳ of practices that supports personal, familial and community bonds through material, emotional, and symbolic means.”

“Aunting speaks to the ways in which women can influence⟳ the children in their lives – and I don’t believe⟳ it is limited to biological aunties.”

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