The supervision and nurturing of a child, including casual and informal services provided by a parent and more formal services provided by an organized child care center.
Because there are many different views about how a child should be reared or nurtured, the topic of child care often involves controversial social and political issues. For instance, it may raise complex questions about a child’s religious upbringing or whether a child should be disciplined with Corporal Punishment. Some people believe that providing child care outside the home undermines so-called traditional family structures in which the mother is considered the primary caretaker. Others are concerned primarily with broadening community responsibility for children and removing barriers for women who wish to enter and participate fully in the labor force. In addition, the term child care encompasses a wide range of services. It can include home-based care by a child’s mother or father, care by a grandparent or other relative, care by a nanny, or care by an organized licensed facility or family center. It can also involve early childhood education such as that offered by nursery schools, Montessori schools, and kindergarten programs.
Childcare, child care, or baby care is the act of caring for and supervising children usually from 0-8 years of age. (In the UK and Australia, day care is referred to as “childcare”.) In the United States child care is increasingly referred to as early childhood education due to the understanding of the impact of early experiences of the developing child.
Child care is a broad topic covering a wide spectrum of contexts, activities, social and cultural conventions, and institutions.
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