Parenting
You took your child for an assessment — should they know the truth?
Many parents bring their children to various assessments. But what do you do when the results arrive? Should children be involved and told the whole truth? A parenting instructor explains.
How to talk to children about the situation without passing on our anxiety to them?
A doctor warns: This cough in children must not be ignored
'Oxygen': Breaking taboos on Israeli mothers who cannot send sons to war - review
Types of baby beds: cribs, co-sleepers, or transition beds?
From infancy to youth: understanding the different types of baby beds and their distinctions, aiding parents in navigating the world of infant sleep solutions.
Lesbian couples to be registered as mothers on children’s birth certificates, High Court rules
It was decided that there is no reason to make the distinction on the birth certificate when, in practice, the two are equals as parents.
Data experts say posting pictures and activities of children online is dangerous
Experts say that posting photos on social media of children can create a digital identity for children, facilitating identity theft and distribution of the child's image to unwanted parties.
A de facto single mom holds down fort while husband serves in Gaza
In just a few short hours, a woman became a de facto single mother, raising her child and carrying a new one while her husband was sent to Gaza.
Issue of posthumous procreation within the context of the Gaza war - opinion
Israel, still stricken by October 7, deals with a sensitive social parenting issue: The ability to take sperm from the deceased and bring into the world a child in parenthood after death.
A letter to a precious daughter amid Israel's war in Gaza - opinion
If women ran the entire battlefield and not mostly the home front, I have a feeling that this war would have ended already.
Why parents should avoid transferring saliva into their baby's mouth - study
An adult’s mouth is full of a large variety of bacteria and fungi, including harmful pathogens like Candida albicans.
Diaspora Jews, time to have 'the talk' with your kids on antisemitism - opinion
The time is fast approaching for Jewish parents – especially in the Diaspora – to have their own version of “the talk.”
After Oct. 7, Israeli children at risk need help more than ever
Yehuda Kohn, director of the Bet Elazraki Children's Home in Netanya, spoke at the Jerusalem Post's Israel Summit about their effort to give homes and emotional support to children in need.
Coping with postpartum depression after Oct. 7
New mothers, like most parents in Israel, felt all through October that evil had been unleashed, and no sight was void of it.
