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I would appreciate it if someone could break down the grammar in this sentence
for me and offer an English translation. What I am confused about is who the
subject in this sentence is and whether '育てられ方' is in passive or some other
grammatical form. Also, why 'をする' was used with '育てられ方'

友達が、両親からどのような育てられ方をしましたか。
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grammar passive-voice
What is the meaning of '育てられ方’ in this sentence?
> 友達 **は** 両親からどのような育てられ方をしましたか。  
>  How was _the_ friend raised by his/her parents?

`pre-masu form + 方【かた】` forms a noun phrase meaning "way of ～", or "how ～".
For example 食べ方 is "the way of eating it" or "how to eat it". Combined with
some adjectival expression, it also works as a suru-verb. For example
彼は面白い考え方をする means "His way of thinking is interesting".

  * 育てる: "to raise (a child)"
  * 育てられる: the passive form of 育てる, "to be raised"
  * 育てられ: the pre-masu/continuative form of 育てられる
  * 育てられ方: "the way of being raised"

The subject of the whole sentence is 友達, but I believe 友達 should be marked
with は because it must be a
[definite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definiteness) person, i.e., 友達 must
have been introduced in the universe of discourse.
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