Childcare

Beersheba court sentences two caregivers for abuse of toddlers in daycare

Two caregivers in Beersheba were sentenced to prison after being convicted of repeatedly abusing toddlers, with the court stressing the betrayal of trust and lasting harm to the children.

Illustration photo of a toddler kindergarten.
Sad, child and crying on floor in home with mental health, abuse or anxiety from trauma.

The silent wave

A daycare teacher plays with children at a WIZO daycare center.

Israel's Knesset pushes to create daycare oversight authority after Jerusalem tragedy

ISRAEL’S VALIANT rescue services quickly removed the other 52 babies.

Jerusalem daycare tragedy: Why make the story worse than it is? - opinion


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

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