WOW.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: duties of a babysitter

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Babysitting - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babysitting

    Babysitting is temporarily caring for a child. Babysitting can be a paid job for all ages; however, it is best known as a temporary activity for early teenagers who are not yet eligible for employment in the general economy. It provides autonomy from parental control and dispensable income, as well as an introduction to the techniques of childcare.

  3. Nanny - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanny

    A child and her nanny. A nanny is a person who provides child care. Typically, this care is given within the children's family setting. Throughout history, nannies were usually servants in large households and reported directly to the lady of the house. Today, modern nannies, like other domestic workers, may live in or out of the house ...

  4. Nursemaid - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursemaid

    A nursemaid (or nursery maid) is a mostly historical term for a female domestic worker who cares for children within a large household. The term implies that she is an assistant to an older and more experienced employee, a role usually known as nurse or nanny. A family wealthy enough to have multiple servants looking after the children would ...

  5. Domestic worker - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_worker

    v. t. e. A domestic worker is a person who works within a residence and performs a variety of household services for an individual, from providing cleaning and household maintenance, or cooking, laundry and ironing, or care for children and elderly dependents, and other household errands. The term "domestic service" applies to the equivalent ...

  6. Au pair - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Au_pair

    Orphanage. Parenting. v. t. e. An au pair (/ oʊˈpɛər /; pl.: au pairs) is a person working for, and living as part of, a host family. Typically, au pairs take on a share of the family's responsibility for child care as well as some housework, and receive a monetary allowance or stipend for personal use.

  7. The Baby-Sitters Club - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baby-Sitters_Club

    The Baby-Sitters Club series originated when Jean Feiwel, an editor at Scholastic saw the popularity of a novel called Katie's Babysitting Job by Martha Tolles and realized there was a market for novels about babysitting. She contacted Ann M. Martin, who took the general idea of a babysitter's club and created the characters, plots, and ...

  1. Ads

    related to: duties of a babysitter