Child care sites across the country are facing immense challenges hiring and retaining staff amid a shortage of good jobs, leaving parents struggling to find care and placing increasing stress on the ...

"We're not paying what Chick-fil-A pays," a day care director said. Marcelo Candia spends all day teaching a classroom full of 4-year-old children in northern Virginia -- then walks across the street ...

A young boy enters the toddler room with his mother at the KinderCare Child Development Center at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas April 18, 2024. Credit: Jackie Valley/The Christian Science Monitor The ...

More than 40% of parents responding to a Portland State University survey said they or their partner quit, declined or changed jobs due to child care challenges Public funding to boost early child ...

As parents, we are the primary influencers in our children’s foundational years. The new year is an excellent opportunity to introduce the concept of goal-setting to our little ones, particularly ...

Rigorous new research appears to show that monthly checks intended to help disadvantaged children did little for their well-being, adding a new element to a dispute over expanded government aid. By ...