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Answer for the clue "Caring for children when their parents are not home ", 11 letters:
babysitting

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. (present participle of babysit English) n. The work of a babysitter; the care of children in the temporary absence of their parents. vb. (present participle of babysit English)

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Babysitting is a 2014 French comedy film shot in the " found footage " style. It is directed by Nicolas Benamou and Philippe Lacheau . The film is also the directorial debut of Philippe Lacheau which he co-wrote and also starred in along with Alice David ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n : the work of a baby sitter; caring for children when their parents are not home [syn: baby sitting ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
babysitting \babysitting\ n. the work of a baby sitter; caring for children when their parents are not home.

Usage examples of babysitting.

Betsy had been in the little parlor updating her babysitting appointment book.

James and I always used to get into trouble when Patricia was babysitting us as a kid.

I was just babysitting him throughout the day and wanted to put us both at ease.

One morning, babysitting for a little girl who had caught the chicken pox, sitting by her as she lay thoughtlessly in a lukewarm oatmeal bath, stoically flicking the water with her finger and occasionally moaning like a small animal, he felt a sudden gust of happiness sweep through him, simply because he was the old widower of the neighbourhood, and people used him as a babysitter.

Price Junior College, an agro school that got confused and wound up with a bedroom-community commuter day-care babysitting population of twenty-five thousand acne-festooned urchins taking dingbat classes in Science Fiction, Artificial Flowers I, Bowling, Inert Gas Welding and Current Events in the Arts (which, so help me, Amen-Ra, turns out to be a course in how to be a good audience).