A professional who cares for children in private home, overseeing their recreation, diet, health, and deportment. Responsibilities include:

• Teaches children foreign languages, and good health and personal habits.
• Arranges parties, outings, and picnics for children.
• Takes disciplinary measures to control children's behavior.
• Ascertains cause of behavior problems of children and devises means for solving them.
• When duties are confined to care of young children may be designated Children's Tutor, Nursery.