nurture

nouns

the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
nurture, raising, rearing
helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
"they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
breeding, bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing
is derived from
nurtural

verbs

help develop, help grow
"nurture his talents"
foster, nurture
bring up
"raise a family"; "bring up children"
bring up, nurture, parent, raise, rear
provide with nourishment
"We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"
nourish, nurture, sustain
is derived from
nurturance