Individuals who provide child care services in private households. They bathe, dress and feed children; supervise their play; wash their clothes; and clean their rooms. They may also put them to sleep and waken them, read to them, involve them in educational games, take them for doctors' visits and discipline them. Babysitters are employed and provide child care on an hourly basis. Nannies generally take care of children from birth to age 10 or 12, tending to the child's early education, nutrition, health and other needs. They may also perform the duties of a general housekeeper, including general cleaning and laundry duties. Governesses look after children in addition to other household duties. They may help them with schoolwork, teach them a foreign language, and guide them in their general upbringing.
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