after-school care

Post-dismissal program

After-school care is supervised programming for children between the end of the school day and when parents finish work.

Programs may be run by schools, community centers, or private providers, offering homework help, activities, and snacks: The kids go to after-school care until I pick them up at six.

Opposites
time of day

after-school carebefore-school care

Early childcare service

breakfast club · summer camp

supervision vs. independence

after-school carelatchkey kid

Child returning to empty home

self-care · free-range parenting

institutional vs. domestic care

after-school careparental care

Offspring protection and nurturing

stay-at-home parent · home care · grandparent care · nanny · au pair

Family

care, school, after, childcare, aftercare

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G