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Princeton's WordNet

  1. childcare, child carenoun

    a service involving care for other people's children

Wiktionary

  1. childcarenoun

    The act, practice, or occupation of supervising and taking care of young children.

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  1. childcare

    Childcare, also known as day-care, refers to the care, supervision, and nurturing of a child or children, typically from birth to age thirteen. This service can be performed by someone other than the child's legal guardians, often by a professional caregiver or a childcare institution, and may include educational and social activities to aid the child's overall development. It can be provided in a variety of settings such as the child's own home, a child-care centre or in a family childcare home.

Editors Contribution

  1. childcare

    A form of creche, childminder, montessori, playgroup, nursery or other form of preschool services.

    Nationalization of a variety of childcare services started to ensure this essential service becomes a form of public service paid for by the government.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 12, 2020  


  2. childcare

    A type of nationalized public service that is accessible, affordable and sustainable, created and designed to provide a variety of services for children with the accurate and specific ability, experience, management, employees, knowledge, skills, training and qualifications to provide the service responsibly. All employees who work in this service are guaranteed a starting wage of the living wage. This service is funded by unity government funding, philanthropy, music industry philanthropy, sportspeople philanthropy and is provided free to all parents across the country.

    Childcare services are an important service for women and men to work as the parents work and guide a family.


    Submitted by MaryC on December 28, 2019  

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of childcare in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of childcare in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of childcare in a Sentence

  1. Ernest Marshall:

    The patients that walk through our doors have already dealt with so many obstacles: many have traveled long distances to get their abortion, they’ve had to take time away from work, usually unpaid, find childcare and transportation, and figure out how to pay out-of-pocket for care that isn’t covered by their insurance.

  2. Justin Frederick:

    I think this is a call to action right now, specifically for childcare providers to get vaccinated, they're eligible.

  3. Donald Trump:

    For many families in our country, childcare is now the single largest expense -- even more than housing, our plan will bring relief to working and middle class families.Ivanka Trump joined her father at the event, arguing that.

  4. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders:

    Childcare workers are making wages lower than McDonald's workers.

  5. Karen Schulman:

    It's essential to have that time for a parent to focus on what they need to do to get the job and also to have the peace of mind that when they get a job, they have a secure childcare arrangement.

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