Made tea, we hear, for children (5)
I believe the answer is:
brood
'children' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'made tea we hear' is the wordplay.
'made tea' becomes 'brewed' (I've seen this before).
'we hear' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'brewed' sounds like 'BROOD'.
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for brood that I've seen before include "Worry over" , "Think resentfully - about young birds?" , "Sulk; incubate" , "Meditate moodily" , "Offspring" .)