daycare services

Professional child watching

Daycare services provide supervised care for children during working hours, typically for infants through preschool age.

The term encompasses both the care itself and the business of providing it: She runs a daycare services company, The cost of daycare services has skyrocketed.

Often shortened to simply daycare.

Related

summer camps · nap time · preschool programs · head start · circle time · enrichment classes · drop-off · pickup time · early childhood education · childminder · waiting lists · working parents · separation anxiety

Opposites
childcare arrangement type

daycare serviceslive-in nanny

Resident domestic childcare provider

nanny · au pair · in-home care · babysitter · boarding school

parental involvement

daycare servicesparental care

Offspring protection and nurturing

child neglect · child abandonment · maternal care · family care · grandparent care

life stage care

daycare serviceselder care

Assistance for seniors

senior care · nursing home · assisted living · hospice care · geriatric care

Family

care, days, daylight, daytime, cared, cares, caring, careful, careless

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G