Title: Childcare | Definition of Childcare by Merriam-Webster
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child·​care | \ ˈchī (-ə)ld-ˌker
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: 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
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Recent Examples on the Web Unemployment swelled, childcare centers closed and women dropped out of the workforce. — Laura Johnston, cleveland, "The pandemic blew up our world. Let’s remake it better than ‘back to normal’," 21 May 2021 Over the past year, CEOs were confronted with a reality many of their workers have long known: Holding down a job without access to childcare is incredibly difficult. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, "How a new coalition of 200 businesses could transform working parenthood," 19 May 2021
It’s a frustrating model for those who don’t have sufficient access to childcare and have to be at work when they are expected to pickup a student. — oregonlive, "From ‘shutdown was illegal’ to ‘high marks:’