Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The provision of care for a child, especially a preschooler, by an institution or a person other than a parent or guardian.
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- noun The act, practice, or occupation of
supervising andtaking care of youngchildren .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a service involving care for other people's children
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Examples
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And sometimes your childcare is a family member or your partner, who is not willing or able to watch your child when you are available yourself.
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You see, after almost a year of being together daily, Bee’s partner in childcare is exiting our situation to stay home with his mom and new baby brother, and we are easing a new little boy into the mix.
Archive 2007-03-01 2007
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Quality for childcare is usually measured by how much time the provider spends interacting with the children, as well as warmth, support and cognitive stimulation.
Young Children With High-Quality Daycare See Lasting Benefits | Impact Lab 2010
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For these reasons, meningococcal infections that occur in childcare centers, elementary schools or high schools often cause panic in the community.
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However, young men are doing more housework and are more involved in childcare today than ever, yet the outdated workplace expectations that induce bias avoidance remain ...
Robert Drago: Progress Denied: Women in Management Left Behind (Minding the Kids) Robert Drago 2010
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But children who spent the most hours in childcare had a slightly greater tendency toward impulsiveness and risk-taking at age 15 than teens who had spent less time in childcare, the researchers wrote in the journal Child Development.
Young Children With High-Quality Daycare See Lasting Benefits | Impact Lab 2010
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Hepatitis B can be transmitted by nonsexual contact with infected household contacts or infected people in childcare settings.
Hepatitis B vaccine 2010
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Because meningococcus is contagious, outbreaks can occur in childcare centers and schools.
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We should be able to share childcare, and it should be called childcare.
Come back 'Superwoman': the lost ideal of combining motherhood and work 2011
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Access to affordable childcare is an area many in Northern Ireland will want to see improve.
The approaching fork in the road for NI Unionism O'Neill 2009
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