Babysitting rates are the highest in San Francisco, Seattle and Honolulu. On the other end of the scale, San Antonio, Dallas/Ft. Worth and Columbus, Ohio are the most affordable cities for babysitters ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration is starting to drop a few clues about how it plans to accomplish one of his biggest campaign promises: free child care for New York City families.

Missouri is the second state to join a Trump administration-led initiative to improve the ratio of foster care homes to children in need.

The care coordinator who helped families in crisis was gone. A class for parents who were getting certified to work in child care centers had been scrapped. A dance club, where 13-year-old Miguel ...

Indiana House Republicans advanced multiple bills this legislative session aimed at increasing access to child care across the state, focusing on employer-supported options and reducing barriers for ...

Sunbeams through the windows illuminate floating dust motes—and, imperceptibly, microdroplets of mucus carrying the measles virus, expelled from an infected but asymptomatic child who is hopping and ...

Homelessness has risen dramatically since the 20-teens when there were around 5,600 people living on the street and in shelters. Today, the count is closer to 10,000.

A case in which a mother and her boyfriend have been charged with murder following the death of an 8-year-old boy has shaken ...

My sister-in-law “Jane” is the divorced mom of a 7-year-old son, “Derek,” and a 5-year-old daughter, “Talia.” Child care is insanely expensive in our area, and reliable sitters are rare. Because I ...

For members of the National Guard or military reservists, you can deduct partial travel expenses for attending meetings or drills more than 100 miles from home, even if you don’t itemize. You can ...

Students with disabilities in families with an annual income at or below 500% of the federal poverty level, which includes a ...

Parenting books—even Christian ones—capitalize on fear and longing, sometimes making promises that don’t hold true.