Complete each of the following sentences with an appropriate gerund of the verbs from the box

1. Mr Long has found that his wife receives a great deal of love when he _______ to chores.

2. In fact, child care seems to have some important ________________ for young children.

3. Ho Xuan Huong was a female poet who was ______________ of gender inequality.

4. Ties with the ___________________ family are generally very close.

5. Mothers play a(n) _________________ role in the lives of their children and the bond is very strong.

6. Fathers and mothers who follow ________ have made a conscious decision to share equally in the raising of their children, household chores, breadwinning, and time for recreation.

7. Overall, women's time in domestic work has been declining and we see a slow but continuing trend of _______ in work time and the domestic division of labour.

8. My mother goes to work too and does everything else including all the ____, laundry, cleaning and child care.

9. More than one-fourth of American families faced _____________ due to medical costs.

10. When your child was young, your role was to _____ and guide him.