In this year of immigration raids, child care providers have stepped up to keep families unified amid incredible uncertainty.

Area day care centers and in-home child care providers are trying to provide quality child care, but it’s not easy. Kids Depot in Hutchinson and Stay-n-Play in Litchfield have been mainstay child care ...

With the help of their stuffed animals or figurines, many toddlers and preschoolers play “teacher,” “doctor” or “firefighter,” drawing early inspiration from the careers they observe in their ...

Local child and family care providers are hailing the Healey-Driscoll administration’s recent boost of reimbursement rates for child care services as a “welcome change.” Last week the Board of Early ...

Mae Smith is making it work, but it hasn’t been easy finding affordable — or at times, even realistic — child care in New York City. After giving birth in 2022, Smith and her husband have tried ...

Last summer, my kids and I spent a month in Greece, where their grandfather lives. Time and again, I was struck by a public attitude toward children I seldom encountered in America: unequivocal ...

Across the rich world, parents of young children face a problem. In America, one of many countries with few subsidies, a household with two working parents and two young children can spend as much on ...

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NaTodjea Frye, a working Gary mom, has eased the pain of rising child care costs for her youngest son by telling herself it’s just another monthly car loan. Shawn isn’t a car, though. He’s a ...

New data from Bank of America spotlights a trend that could be a warning sign for employers and their long-term talent pipelines. Rising child-care costs may end up pushing more women out of the ...

Allowing children to play impact sports, such as rugby or boxing, amounts to a form of child abuse, researchers from three British universities said in a new study. Writing in Sports, Ethics & ...