'decent upbringing' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to someone's experience in childhood or youth which provided them with values and morals that allow them to lead a good life. For example: His parents provided him with a decent upbringing and he grew up to be a well-mannered and successful adult.
We had a very decent upbringing in Enoch Powell's Wolverhampton.
"I had a decent upbringing, then my dad died when I was 13.
Wouldn't it be better to provide one or two children with a decent upbringing than to give three or four a lousy one?
If children are to have a chance at a decent upbringing, a whole set of broader concerns must be entered on the national agenda.
So the government needs to temper its enthusiasm for universal child care and working mothers.And what about targeting children whose parents are too poor, too feckless or too drugged to give them a decent upbringing?
These departures from the facts were hard-won and took some coming to, causing me to reflect, not for the first time, that the biggest impediment for a writer is to have had a decent upbringing.
And if you can't reach acceptance, find an alternative like freelancing, renting, living off-the-grid, etc., while still making sure that your kids are getting a decent, healthy upbringing.
Jesse Elliott grew up in the Midwest, studied politics and Spanish at the University of Iowa, lived and worked in Mexico and Europe and as an economics journalist and international law writer, then proceeded to throw away all of that good hard decent effort and upbringing by becoming the frontman of a rock and roll band called These United States.
If so, be grateful to decent Mr Trajkovski.Maybe to his upbringing too.
I looked into adoption next, again wanting to feel some sort of compulsion to do the moral and decent thing according to my upbringing.
She is articulate, friendly and determined that her 15- and 17-year-old sons get the kind of upbringing that will help them develop into decent, mature adults.
