child care
Sign in to saveAlso known as childcare, child minding, daycare, preschool
action or skill of looking after children by a day-care center, babysitter, or other providers
Research
487,794 papers- Developmental aspects of child care.Pediatric clinics of North America · 1991
- Control of infections in child care.The Medical journal of Australia · 1994
- Child care and our youngest children.The Future of children · 2001
- Comprehensive child care.Indian pediatrics · 1996
- Child care options for ill children.Pediatrics · 1991
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Encyclopedic overview
A daycare in Nigeria
Child care, also known as day care, is the care and supervision of one or more children, typically ranging from three months to 17 years old. Although most parents spend a significant amount of time caring for their child(ren), childcare typically refers to the care provided by caregivers who are not the child's parents. Childcare is a broad topic that covers a wide spectrum of professionals, institutions, contexts, activities, and social and cultural conventions. Early childcare is an essential and often overlooked component of child development.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “child care” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.