At-home tutors also used to serve as monitors or even baby sitters in addition to helping with coursework. But the diversification of the educational market has resulted in a massive decline in the number of traditional tutoring opportunities as tutoring centers have taken over the home tutors 'primary role, and day-care centers have taken over the secondary one.
此外，過去家教除了輔導課業之外，還帶有監督甚至褓母的角色；但隨著教育服務市場的分化，前者逐漸被補習班取代，後者則被安親班取代，使得傳統的家教機會大量減少。