The act, practice, or occupation of supervising and taking care of young children.(noun)
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Use "childcare" in a sentence
"And sometimes your childcare is a family member or your partner, who is not willing or able to watch your child when you are available yourself."
"You see, after almost a year of being together daily, Bee’s partner in childcare is exiting our situation to stay home with his mom and new baby brother, and we are easing a new little boy into the mix."
"We should be able to share childcare, and it should be called childcare."