childcare
The nanny left our 9-month-old with her boyfriend -- is she pushing her luck?
A woman reveals how her live-in babysitter left her 9-month-old baby alone with the babysitter's boyfriend -- without clearing it with the mother.
Mom furious after daycare attached ankle weights to 2-year-old son to 'slow him down': 'Abhorrent'
A furious mom has shared her outrage after discovering that her two-year-old son was fitted with ankle weights at his daycare to stop him from moving quickly.
I dreaded being around my children due to burnout — these 7 habits turned my life around
Another day of dirty diapers, screaming tantrums and sour milk spit-up — you gotta be kidding!
NY town fights legal battle to block migrant kids from moving into childcare center
The Jewish Child Care Association sued the town of Mount Pleasant to allow migrant children from moving into one of its facilities -- and the Westchester County town is now...
I'm a wedding nanny—parents leave their kids with me to party with the bride and groom
Sandra Weir isn’t a wedding crasher. But her name’s hardly ever on the guest lists of the nuptials she attends. Still, the New Yorker gets to applaud happy couples on their big...
NYC charter school offers 12-hour days -- and parents and students give it high marks
Brooklyn Charter School, in the heart of Bed-Stuy, started the program in September and saw their enrollment surge.
Father of three dies after getting bitten attempting to remove venomous snake from childcare center
An investigation is underway after a father of three died from a snake bite while trying to remove an eastern brown from a childcare center.
Ugly turf wars erupt over kiddie fun spaces in NYC's luxury apartment buildings
It's not all fun and games.
I don’t have kids — my ‘mom friends’ expect me to pay for their babysitter so we can have a girls' night out
Living childfree isn’t totally free.
The one item nurses say every parent should have if their child is in need of first aid
“They can help with the fear and anxiety some little (and big) ones get from seeing blood,” they wrote on Instagram.
Former child care worker unmasked as pedophile facing over 1,600 charges
Ashley Paul Griffith, of Queensland, Australia, is staring down a staggering 1,623 sex crime charges.
Over 70K daycares in danger of closing, putting jobs for US women at risk
By the end of the month, as many as 3.2 million children could be left without child care and as many as 232,000 workers could be out of a job.
Teachers fed up with 11-year-old kids wearing diapers to school: 'Worrying trend'
"Parents have a responsibility to make sure their school-aged kids aren't wearing diapers anymore. Teachers aren't there to change their students' diapers. That's crossing a line," Rösler said.
NYS agency probe finds 'no illegal care' at Assembly makeshift childcare center
The state Office of Children and Family Services says it found "no illegal care" at the childcare center approved by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.
New York's birth rate declines as young people ditch Empire State: data
Young people moving out of the Empire State — compounded by a lack of affordable childcare and housing — continue to spiral the trend downward, experts say.
New York state authorities probing unlicensed day care approved by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie
Speaker Carl Heastie approved the facility to accommodate legislative parents without bothering to get the right approvals from the state.
Cash-strapped millennials are begging their parents to move in and babysit
Free childcare is just one of the perks.
Why child care and semiconductor chips don't go hand in hand
Pres. Biden recently announced that companies receiving federal funding to help produce semiconductors must provide workers with child-care. But how might parents feel about this.
Controversial babysitter alternative is a godsend for parents — if it doesn't get you arrested first
Parents are increasingly — and alarmingly — relying on baby monitors as short-term babysitters.