home daycare

House-based babysitting service

A home daycare is a childcare service operated out of someone's residence rather than a commercial facility.

Typically run by one caregiver with a small group of children, home daycares offer a more intimate setting than daycare centers: She found a home daycare just two blocks away.

Regulations vary by jurisdiction but usually limit the number of children allowed.

Related

snacks · potty training · diapers · provider · licensed · small group · nurturing · learning · safety · cribs · storytime · arts and crafts · parents · pickup · dropoff · pick up time · backyard · playroom

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Opposites
setting/facility type

home daycaredaycare center

Facility for young children

childcare center · preschool · nursery school · Montessori school

formality/professionalization

home daycareinstitutional care

Professional supervision in facilities

care arrangement type

home daycareparental care

Offspring protection and nurturing

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

Family

home, daycare, homes, homed, homing, homeless, homely, homeward, homeland

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G