Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Provision of daytime training, supervision, recreation, and often medical services for children of preschool age, for the disabled, or for the elderly.
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- noun
Daytime supervision , usually ofchildren .
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- noun childcare during the day while parents work
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Examples
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Though I have to say, I had my gall bladder out when the kid was three (and in daycare) and it was heaven.
10 Things To Do Before You Become A Parent | Her Bad Mother 2009
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When Noodle was an infant she spent her days in daycare while Hubs & I both worked.
10 Things To Do Before You Become A Parent | Her Bad Mother 2009
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If it necessitates putting your children in daycare, you are also exchanging their time at home for that wage.
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My 3 year old is a little obsessed with the naughty vs nice list and her friends in daycare are now all putting each other on the naughty list for infractions both real and imagined.
Sometimes It Feels Like, Santa Is Watching Me | Her Bad Mother 2009
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Rockefeller himself admitted it was to get children out of the home and raised by the state in daycare and schools, to influence them against the family and create a state controlled people.
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ProWomanProLife » Another reason why daycare is bad for your kids
ProWomanProLife » Another reason why daycare is bad for your kids 2010
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If it necessitates putting your children in daycare, you are also exchanging their time at home for that wage.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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So whether you have a child in daycare or high school, Parentella is a wonderful tool to help you remember what it is your child is assigned to work on over the holiday break, or what the school supply list included when you lose the paperwork that comes over the summer.
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Their honesty was probably what gave me the courage not to give up, and not dump my baby in daycare while I went off to get a job.
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I have a team of doctors – all total strangers (one doctor, a resident who looks 12, and a gaggle of students who look like they should be in daycare, and actually came in to use the potty), arrive to tell me that I may actually die during the operation.
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