Childcare
Definition
The supervision, care, and nurturing of children, typically by someone other than their parents, often in a professional or organized setting.
Facilities or services provided for the daytime care of children, especially preschool-aged ones, allowing parents to work or attend to other responsibilities.
The broader practice or industry involving child development, safety, and education during non-parental custody periods.
Examples
Childcare costs have skyrocketed, turning every parent's coffee budget into a down payment on a minivan.
He moonlighted as a childcare provider, mastering the art of turning chaos into naptime with suspicious amounts of screen time.
The app-based childcare service promised 'elite nannies on demand,' but delivered a guy named Chad who mostly FaceTimed his own mom for advice.
Grandma's underground childcare operation runs on cookies and conspiracy theories, producing kids who can recite pi to 20 digits but fear vaccines.