[
UK
/tʃˈaɪldkeə/
]
[ US /ˈtʃaɪɫdˌkɛɹ/ ]
[ US /ˈtʃaɪɫdˌkɛɹ/ ]
NOUN
- a service involving care for other people's children
How To Use childcare In A Sentence
- She has rearranged her childcare in order to get into town for 8.20 am and give herself a better chance of finding a parking space.
- Without the adequate provision of childcare, many women who wish to work are unable to do so.
- Package holidays to the best resorts and chalets - especially those including childcare - are selling fast.
- Childcare used to be thought of as a job for kind and patient people rather than the academically gifted. Times, Sunday Times
- Are you willing to support her and help with childcare? The Sun
- While the article vaunts the fact that men spend nearly 3.5 hours a week more on childcare now than they did in 1985, it glosses over the fact that women's childcare load has also increased - -and says nothing about the minuscule increases in men's contribution to housework and food preparation/cleanup. Joan Williams: Chore Wars and the Value of Work
- An added boon is affordable childcare and home cooking. Times, Sunday Times
- Private childcare is still too expensive for the average earner.
- The policy covers 80 per cent of costs such as childcare, housekeeping, cooking, ironing and transport after the first 30 days.
- A range of stringent health and safety considerations underpins the design and construction of the modern childcare facility.