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Childminder vs Childcare - What's the difference?

childminder | childcare |

As nouns the difference between childminder and childcare

is that childminder is a person paid to look after other people's children while they are away; a babysitter while childcare is the act, practice, or occupation of supervising and taking care of young children.

childminder

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person paid to look after other people's children while they are away; a babysitter.

    • childcare

    English

    Alternative forms

    * child-care, child care

    Noun

    (-)
  • The act, practice, or occupation of supervising and taking care of young children.
  • * 1993 Amitai Etzioni - The parenting deficit
    • Today most childcare centres are woefully understaffed with poorly paid and underqualified personnel. Child care workers in both the USA and UK are in the lowest tenth of all wage earners.

    See also

    * ("childcare" on Wikipedia)