Children

Seamless socks and label-free kidswear: Primark presents 'sensory friendly' clothing

The changes come after feedback from parents highlighted neck labels and sock seams as particular problems.

Seamless socks and label-free kidswear: Primark presents 'sensory friendly' clothing.
A WORLD ORT delegation, including the writer (middle, dressed in black), visits Tirat Carmel in 2008 for the launch of the Smart Classes initiative.

AI, smart classrooms, can revolutionize Israel's education system, smart learning - opinion

 Study reveals high levels of lead and cadmium in popular protein powders. Illustration.

Hundreds of children hospitalized after school chef used lead-filled inedible paint in lunch

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Dietary supplements for children, combining vitamins and herbal extracts


Food for thought: The foods that can improve children’s concentration

Even though it’s vacation time and children’s concentration isn’t in high demand, it’s still a good idea to start paying attention to what they eat—regardless of the school schedule.

A distracted child

Court overturns conviction in case of Jewish 6-year-old who went missing in 1979

A New York federal appeals court ruled to overturn the guilty verdict for the man convicted in the 1979 disappearance of the Jewish 6-year-old Etan Patz.

 The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn.

How did a Bangladesh air force fighter jet crash into a school campus?

The bodies of at least 27 people, including 25 children, a teacher, and the jet's pilot were recovered from the debris.

Firefighters and army members work next to the wreckage of an air force training aircraft after it crashed into Milestone College campus, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 21, 2025.

Israeli mothers lead posthumous sperm boom after October 7

According to Iris, her son had often spoken about wanting children. This desire now forms the basis of her legal battle to gain approval from an Israeli family court to use his sperm.

 Gaza hostage Yotam Haim (left), mother Iris Haim (right).

After three children die in 24 hours, child welfare organization advises caution this summer

Over the past five years, some 236 children were killed in traffic accidents and another 79 from drowning, according to data collected by Beterem.

 Ramot residents are locked in an ongoing struggle over the public swimming pool

Grapevine, July 18, 2025: Courting controversy

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee arrives to a court hearing of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Tel Aviv District Court, July 16, 2025.

A pot of summer vacation freedom—for parents too: Perfect meatballs in red sauce

Round meatballs that are first baked in the oven and only then cooked in a wonderful and fragrant tomato sauce are the sure way to win any child's heart.

 Meatballs in red sauce

Inside the Tuam Dig: Archaeologists battle time to identify babies buried under St. Mary's

The two-year forensic dig, led by an 18-member international team, will probe the disused septic tank where the Bon Secours order is believed to have buried the children between 1925 and 1961.

 Tuam, Ireland.

New Israeli app – for learning English from age two

The new app, developed by education and technology experts, is based on advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and natural language processing.

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Bloomfield Science Museum hosts 400 new first graders in OneFamily special event

This year’s event brought together 400 participants at the Bloomfield Science Museum in Jerusalem, which was open only for them, for a full day of customized activities for all the bereaved.

 Children are seen at a special OneFamily event at the Bloomfield Science Museum in Jerusalem.

Most of Camp Mystic's youngest campers lost in Texas floods - CNN

Bubble Inn, the cabin that hosted girls aged from 8 to 10, was the cabin that lost the most campers out of the 27 people killed at Camp Mystic.

 Items lie scattered inside a cabin at Camp Mystic after deadly flooding in Kerr County, Texas, U.S., July 5, 2025.