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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. Lynn Bufka:

    Some people may worry about what would happen if they were moved into self quarantine, or if they're not able to work. They're wondering if they would have access to groceries or childcare, again, people have greater abilities to manage hardships than they think they do. Think about a plan. Consider options if you can't telework. Do you have savings ? Do you have support ?

  2. 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 is n’t covered by their insurance.

  3. Adam Green:

    If Joe Biden positions himself as the political insider from yesteryear who says big ideas like universal childcare, student debt relief and a wealth tax on ultra-millionaires are not possible, he would be an easy foil.

  4. Chuck Schumer:

    We would get childcare, we would get paid family leave, we would help for the elderly home care, we would get the kind of things Joe Manchin was against and we couldn’t do in this bill.

  5. Mia Bloom:

    Up until now ISIS has been very clear. The role for women is cooking, cleaning and childcare. They do not have women on the front lines.

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