Childcare

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Thinking about Childcare? Here’s what you need to know in 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA-iOOuNEA8&feature=emb_logo Parents are having to make tough choices about finding child care for their children. In some cases, they feel that they need to sacrifice cost for safety, especially during...

Recently, we said goodbye to our beloved daycare. Due to reasons beyond their control, our daycare had to close permanently. I am still in shock, still saddened that my daughter, Ilse, will no longer spend time with the friends...

Editor's note: We've partnered with Bright Horizons to share news about their new center openings and available spots in their current programs. Their most recent location in San Francisco, 1700 Montgomery St., has immediate openings in the Preschool and Kindergarten...

One time, someone from a car yelled out to me, "You're going to rip off her arm!" as I crossed the street with my kids. From their two-second scan of the situation, it looked like I was dragging my...

We are so over this. We have been pandemic parenting for nearly two years, and here we are once again, canceling and being canceled. We're home alone with our kids, in the winter, in the rain, and with the...

I've toured six potential childcare/preschool facilities for my daughter. The journey has been tough for us as a family because we had had the perfect daycare up until a few weeks ago.  At the same time, I have been...

I was the first of my local friends to have kids, so once they had babies of their own, they naturally asked me for babysitter recommendations. I was happy to share mine, on one condition. They had to check...

When I was thirteen weeks pregnant with my first child, I put my fetus's "name" on the waitlists of four daycare centers near our home. I recently received a call from one of them telling me that they had...

Our family kicked off in 2022 with both our daughters going to school. It was a particular time for our family, as Alice began preschool at her sister's preschool alma mater. Her first day was a homecoming for us (even with...