Definition of "child-care" []

• Of, relating to, or providing care for children, especially preschoolers: a child-care center; child-care professionals. (adjective)

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• "It wasn't until my daughter was a few months old that it dawned on me that when the pediatricians and child-care books referred to "separation anxiety," they were referring to the baby's psyche, not to mine."
• "But a child-care nurse isn't recognized under the EU's automatic recognition rules."
• "An Army soldier says she failed to show up for deployment because of a child-care problem."