In the 19th and early 20th century, the area was usually admitted as a "nurse", and was, as for divers childcare jobs, invariably female. In a great house, the nurse ran her own domain, a suite of rooms called the nursery, supported by http://www.mineeds.com/Seattle-Washington-Services/Babysitter-Nanny-Services at least peculiar assistant, common as a nursemaid (or nurserymaid). Because of their role in child care, nannies were somewhat further indulged than junior servants. Nannies may have remained in the employment of the same aristocratic folk for years, looking after successive generations of children.
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In the United Kingdom, OFSTED define a childminder as someone who "provide[s] care for children under eight years of age, for more than two hours each day, on domestic premises, for reward." Childminding differs from nannying in that a nanny goes to the house of the child in distribution to distress for it; childminders hinge after the child in the childminder's own home
- The childminder and their house are both carefully assessed by OFSTED, with an inspection taking place every three years.