afterschool care

Post-dismissal childcare program

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

It may include homework help, snacks, and activities.

Also called aftercare: The school offers afterschool care until 6 p.m.

We need to find afterschool care for the kids.

Opposites
time of day

afterschool carebefore-school care

Early childcare service

breakfast club · preschool · early childhood education

care arrangement type

afterschool careparental supervision

Guardians monitoring their children

stay-at-home parent · babysitter · nanny · au pair · family care

supervision vs. autonomy

afterschool carelatchkey kid

Child returning to empty home

self-care · free-range parenting · fending for oneself · parental neglect · free time

Family

care, school, after

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