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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High childcare costs are forcing working mothers out of their jobs, especially those without college degrees, who are less likely to take unpaid time off.
—Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2024
The Russell Station Tech and Learning Center will have other services in the building including free childcare for participants.
—The Courier-Journal, 17 Apr. 2024
Around him, a dozen or so other charities and groups were offering residents food, money, counseling and childcare.
—Siyi Zhao Lam Yik Fei, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
The mothers were also overwhelmingly attractive, their homes spotless and their childcare efforts largely unaddressed.
—Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024
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
Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2024
The Russell Station Tech and Learning Center will have other services in the building including free childcare for participants.
—The Courier-Journal, 17 Apr. 2024
Around him, a dozen or so other charities and groups were offering residents food, money, counseling and childcare.
—Siyi Zhao Lam Yik Fei, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
The mothers were also overwhelmingly attractive, their homes spotless and their childcare efforts largely unaddressed.
—Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024
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
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“Childcare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/childcare. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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