upbringing

upbringing
up‧bring‧ing /ˈʌpˌbrɪŋɪŋ/ noun [singular, uncountable]
the way that your parents care for you and teach you to behave when you are growing up ⇨ bring up:
    Mike had had a strict upbringing.
     

COLLOCATIONS

■ adjectives
   ▪ a middle-class upbringing She had a comfortable middle-class upbringing.
   ▪ a religious/Muslim/Catholic etc upbringing Because of her Catholic upbringing she would not divorce her husband.
   ▪ a sheltered upbringing (=one in which someone is protected from difficult or unpleasant experiences) I'd had a very sheltered upbringing, so going to college was a real eye-opener.
   ▪ a strict upbringing He reacted violently against his strict upbringing.
   ▪ a privileged upbringing (=when someone has advantages because their family is wealthy) Due to his privileged upbringing, he finds it difficult to identify with ordinary people.
   ▪ a good upbringing However good their upbringing, young people may still behave badly.
■ verbs
   ▪ have a good/religious/tough etc upbringing He had a rather unsettled upbringing, moving with his father from town to town.