Childcare

Democratic states sue Trump administration over childcare fund freeze

California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York challenged the administration's freezing of more than $10 billion in federal childcare and family assistance funds based on alleged fraud.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent listen as National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett speaks, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 5, 2025.
WOMEN PUSH strollers with young children through a commercial plaza featuring colorful decorations and play structures, including hot air balloon-themed displays, on May 20, 2025 in Chongqing, China.

China taxes condoms, contraceptives, in push to combat declining population

Shir with his mother

Why Collaboration, Not Competition, Will Cure Rare Cancers

Children arrive for the first day of school in the Israeli town of Mevaseret Zion, September 1, 2025.

Israeli child hospitalized after leaving kindergarten bruised, parents claim police inaction


The very real, fatal and preventable danger of leaving children in cars

A child leans out the window of a moving car 370

Above the Fold: Summer Camp

The recipes for summer camp fun are fairly simple.

Summer camp [Illustrative]

Decades of devotion to orphans

Remembering the selflessness of Colel Chabad’s Rabbi Amram Blau.

Rabbi Amiram Blau dancing at Bar Mitzvah program in the Jerusalem International Convention Center

Behavior challenges

Appreciate your child’s creativity by trying to see the world through their eyes. Children aren’t always attentive to adult concerns, such as time or sanitation.

WHAT YOUNG child doesn’t enjoy stepping on leaves, or into puddles?

Lessons from Family Day

Look at everyone's contribution to the family and appreciate their contribution.

Family Day

New law requires security cameras at daycare

Law came after 14-month-old smothered to death earlier this year.

A daycare in Israel

11 child carers returned to work after assault charges, and allegedly re-offended

Army Radio reports that 776 child care workers charged with violence in last 7 years.

A DAYCARE CENTER in Jerusalem. [Illustrative photo]

Effective grandparenting

Not every ‘no’ deserves a lengthy discussion, but each ‘no’ needs to be consistently enforced.

‘IT IS important to let children explore but equally important to set limits.’

Preschool teacher's detention extended in latest child abuse scandal

"We didn't think we were dealing with a 'criminal' - you won't find a serial rapist managing a preschool. Rather seemingly normal people, within their moral world, have bad sides to their character."

A DAYCARE CENTER in Jerusalem. [Illustrative photo]

Childhood: A Jewish imperative of freedom and connection

No child should be a salvage project. Every child deserves a childhood.

A HAREDI child reads from the Bible during a reading class at the Kehilot Ya’acov Torah School for boys in Jerusalem in 2010