[DoodleBob]

Slightly off-topic, “parent” was a noun for HUNDREDS of years.

The verb form of “parent”—in particular, its gerund “parenting”—was first employed in the United States in the late 1950s according to The Merriam-Webster Dictionary. However, Fitzhugh Dodson’s 1970 book, “How to Parent,” is credited with introducing the verb to a wide audience.

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/60100/how-economic-anxiety-and-demographic-changes-turned-parent-into-a-verb

Anyone who uses the word “parenting” or “parent” as a verb should be tarred and feathered.

[Fiji Hill]

Anyone who uses the word “parenting” or “parent” as a verb should be tarred and feathered.

The proper verb is "to raise" or "to rear."