mothering
省親,歸寧
Moth·er·ing, n. A rural custom in England, of visiting one's parents on Midlent Sunday, -- supposed to have been originally visiting the mother church to make offerings at the high altar.
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Moth·er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mothered p. pr. & vb. n. Mothering.] To adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of a mother to.
The queen, to have put lady Elizabeth besides the crown, would have mothered another body's child. --Howell.