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.—
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Fast forward, now as a teacher and parent, I am unburdened by summer employment and summer childcare anxiety.
—Davon Loeb, Parents, 7 June 2025
Explore childcare swaps: Watch a neighbor's children one morning in exchange for them watching yours another day.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
There are growing grassroots childcare collectives popping up, like Rad Dad Zine and the Parenting for Liberation network, which both model the use of mutual aid, intersectionality, and bring joy to the forefront.
—Samantha Mann, Time, 5 June 2025
However, measures such as childcare subsidies and fertility treatment coverage have had little effect.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
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Davon Loeb, Parents, 7 June 2025
Explore childcare swaps: Watch a neighbor's children one morning in exchange for them watching yours another day.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
There are growing grassroots childcare collectives popping up, like Rad Dad Zine and the Parenting for Liberation network, which both model the use of mutual aid, intersectionality, and bring joy to the forefront.
—Samantha Mann, Time, 5 June 2025
However, measures such as childcare subsidies and fertility treatment coverage have had little effect.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for childcare
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“Childcare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/childcare. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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