A service involving care for other people's children(noun)
WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
Use "child care" in a sentence
"With dual-career families composing over 50 percent of families with children in the United States and the number of children being diagnosed with bipolar disorder on the rise, careers and families are faced with a whole host of problems, from finding adequate child care and support to dealing with bosses and negotiating absences."
"Photo: #Avery Bennett, 3, eats vegetable pesto lasagna at an evening child care program offered by Community Action Brattleboro Area Thursday April 15, 2010."
"Here at NWLC, you work on child care and education and health care and welfare and employment - and there's no reason that work should be drowned out by a cultural jihad."