day care center

day care center
A nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work. Generally more entertaining and less educational than a preschool, but with longer hours of operation.
Syn: day nursery

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  • day care center — noun a nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work • Syn: ↑day nursery • Hypernyms: ↑nursery, ↑baby s room * * * ˈday nursery [day nursery day nurseries] …   Useful english dictionary

  • day care center — institution where people who are unable to care for themselves (children, the elderly, etc.) are taken care of during the day …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Fells Acres Day Care Center — was located in Malden, Massachusetts, in the United States and was part of the day care sex abuse hysteria of the 1980s. cite news |first=Dorothy |last=Rabinowitz |authorlink=Dorothy Rabinowitz |coauthors= |title=A Darkness in Massachusetts II… …   Wikipedia

  • Little Rascals Day Care Center — The Little Rascals Day Care Center was in Edenton, North Carolina and was involved in day care sexual abuse hysteria.AccusationThe Little Rascals Day Care Center was run by Robert Kelly, Jr. and his wife, Betsy. In April 1989 Robert was arrested… …   Wikipedia

  • Fells Acres Day Care Center preschool trial — Fells Acres Day Care Center was located in Malden, Massachusetts, in the United States and was part of the day care sex abuse hysteria of the 1980s.[1][2][3] Violet Amirault (1923–1997) opened the facility in 1966.[4] Contents …   Wikipedia

  • Day-care sex-abuse hysteria — was a panic that occurred primarily in the 1980s and early 1990s featuring claims against daycare providers of satanic ritual abuse and several forms of child abuse.[1][2] A prominent case in Kern County, California, first brought the issue of… …   Wikipedia

  • Day care sex abuse hysteria — occurred in the 1980s and early 1990s. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Parole Board recommends Amirault s commutation. |url=http://www.truthinjustice.org/amirault.htm |format=courtesy link from Truth in Justice|quote=The …   Wikipedia

  • day care — day ,care noun uncount * 1. ) AMERICAN care given to young children while their parents are at work by people who are trained to take care of children. The place where this care is given is called a day care center. 2. ) BRITISH care given during …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • day-care — /day kair /, adj. of, pertaining to, or providing day care: day care center; day care program. [1960 65] * * * …   Universalium

  • day care — n. daytime care given to preschool children or to school children after school or during vacation, as at a day care center, or to the elderly, as at a social agency day care adj …   English World dictionary

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