Term information

Term: child care

Term details for 'child care'

Care of children by people other than parents or guardians on a partial or full time basis. For care of children by parents, use "parenting".

Broader terms
social care
Narrower terms
child day care, residential child care
Related terms
child care reviews, child care workers, common assessment framework, parenting, pre-school children

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