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


Tragedy in the South: Toddler drowns in pool in southern Israel

Another in a tragically long list of accidental child deaths.

A Magen David Adom ambulance; illustrative.

WATCH: Israel at 70 - The future of child welfare in Israel

One in every five children in Israel suffers from abuse or neglect. How can we put an end to this crisis?

Israel 70+: The future of child welfare in Israel

Child custody bill set for first reading with mixed messages

The two debating sides did not agree on whether each parent’s financial situation, and who primarily took care of the children in the previous two years, should be taken into account.

MK YIFAT SHASHA-BITON, chairwoman of the Knesset’s Special Committee for the Rights of the Child, signs an agreement for responsibility in advertising yesterday at the annual Marketing Conference for Children and Young Adults in Tel Aviv.

Children still at risk and subjected to poverty, neglect and sexual abuse

"Nothing is more precious than our children."

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks with his children on a street in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood September 24, 2015.

On Universal Childrens Day, let’s remember many kids lack breakfast

Many children do not enjoy the basic privilege of a healthy, nutritious breakfast.

Everyone deserves a healthy breakfast

Kids with spinal muscular atrophy to receive costly drug on compassionate grounds

80 Israeli youngsters suffer from the rare genetic disease.

A child looking at the monkeys at the Ramat Gan safari from her hospital bed

Did the rains of December 2016 produce a baby boom at Kaplan last month?

Doctors have said that more families were inspired to procreate as they were kept indoors due to the especially rainy winter last year.

Couple in bed [file photo]

New school year, old problems

Jerusalem's education system is in clear need of a shakeup as the new school year begins but old problems remain.

Jerusalem’s lack of classrooms – 3,860 in all sectors – is a dubious present Nir Barkat inherited from years of neglect by all city governments since Teddy Kollek’s days, but one he hasn’t succeeded in solving in his nine years as mayor.

One to three students in every classroom suffer from depression

Children who suffer must be treated early to prevent chronic illness, says expert

Bored little boy in classroom (illustrative)

Three times more daycares built in 2017 than three previous years combined

“Increasing the supply of daycare centers is a significant tool to reduce the cost of living for parents which is one of the issues that I am leading,” Labor and Social Services Minister Haim Katz said in a statement on Monday.

‘I SUGGEST we begin the school day with an hour of connection activities that bring the students together. We need to create interaction among the students that will lead them into creating a miniature society where they care for one another like a family.’