childcare
noun
child·care
ˈchī(-ə)ld-ˌker 
variants
or child care
: the care of children especially as a service while parents are working
Erratic week-to-week work schedules make it nearly impossible to manage a personal budget or secure childcare.—
David Dayen
David DayenExamples of childcare in a Sentence
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These clubs provided aid to mothers, teaching them childcare strategies.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
That puts a childcare burden on mothers that’s turning many off.
—Alessandra Migliaccio, Fortune Europe, 11 Mar. 2024
Their bond and respective journeys underscore how isolating parenthood is in a country with no affordable housing, childcare or humane parental leave laws.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
The Flats residents will also have onsite services and programs available to them, like street outreach and diversion, case management, a food pantry, a job readiness and financial training workshop, and childcare coordination.
—Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
Your second trimester is a great time to evaluate childcare options—before your energy wanes and mobility becomes more complicated.
—Becky Batcha and Hiranmayi Srinivasan, Parents, 29 Mar. 2024
Local governments are also trying to offer childcare incentives to encourage parents to start families.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune Asia, 27 Mar. 2024
Brookes was called by a relative at the childcare center regarding the snake.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2024
There’s no doubt that women feel the effects of the childcare crisis more keenly than men.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2024
Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
That puts a childcare burden on mothers that’s turning many off.
—Alessandra Migliaccio, Fortune Europe, 11 Mar. 2024
Their bond and respective journeys underscore how isolating parenthood is in a country with no affordable housing, childcare or humane parental leave laws.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
The Flats residents will also have onsite services and programs available to them, like street outreach and diversion, case management, a food pantry, a job readiness and financial training workshop, and childcare coordination.
—Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
Your second trimester is a great time to evaluate childcare options—before your energy wanes and mobility becomes more complicated.
—Becky Batcha and Hiranmayi Srinivasan, Parents, 29 Mar. 2024
Local governments are also trying to offer childcare incentives to encourage parents to start families.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune Asia, 27 Mar. 2024
Brookes was called by a relative at the childcare center regarding the snake.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2024
There’s no doubt that women feel the effects of the childcare crisis more keenly than men.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2024
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“Childcare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/childcare. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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