babysitting

To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money.

“My daughter is babysitting for the Morgans at number ten, who are going out on a date night.”

To watch or attend anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; to have to help or coax too much.

“He left me to babysit the new guy while he got some work done.”

The work of a babysitter; the care of children in the temporary absence of their parents.