bring up / grow up
Children grow up – they get older, bigger, and more mature:
I grew up in a small town where everybody knew each other.
Your kids are 12 and 14 already? Wow - they're growing up so fast!
We usually use grow up only until kids become adults around age 18. After that, we
can say they are all grown up (meaning they have finished the growing up process).
Saying that an adult needs to grow up means they are acting immature, like a baby
or child, and you want them to act more mature.
Parents (or other adults) bring up the children. The expression bring up can have
the connotation of both caring and educating. An alternative word is raise:
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