Children

My four-year-old says the most precious thing in our home is our passports - opinion

Friday night, reading the newsletter at the Sabbath table, I asked her why. She said, “Because we keep them hidden in the safe, and they let us travel if we ever have to leave.”

Passport in man's back pocket, ready to head out of the country for an adventure.
Kids playing with their smartphones

Psychologist warns: A concerning effect of smartphones on children

A boy in distress

Two years into the war: One in every five calls to ERAN is from a child or adolescent

Police officer establishing the administrative closure order of a daycare where a six-month old baby died.

Baby dies at unlicensed Bnei Brak daycare, worker detained by police for further questioning


Roblox making children more violent, early childhood org. warns at Knesset cm'tee.

The Israeli branch of the World Organization for Early Childhood Education (OMEP) argued that the popular online game teaches children to steal, cheat, lie, and extort other children.

A child plays Roblox on a tablet; illustrative.

100 stories that help parents understand what their child is really experiencing – free

An Israeli initiative launches a free platform that provides emotional support for children through 100+ interactive stories.

Yana Miril and Eli Cohen, Reflective Book

The child got hit in the head? Everything you need to know about concussion in children

Children fall quite often, and head injuries are relatively common. So how can you tell if your child has suffered a concussion and what must you do?

A child undergoing a brain scan in an MRI machine

Ishay Ribo performs at gala to support hospitalized children

Founded in memory of Gilat Eisenmann, a vibrant 11-year-old girl who passed away in 2008, the Gilat Foundation provides therapeutic live theater to children in hospitals.

Ishay Ribo in a heartfelt performance.

Three children hospitalized after eating cannabis-laced cookies

According to their parents, the family had traveled to visit Ramallah, where at a candy stall the children asked to buy cookies that "looked like Oreos.”

 Cannabis

Relatives weep for scores of missing children after deadly Indonesia school collapse

Parents search desperately as 91 remain missing after an Islamic boarding school in East Java collapsed during prayers, trapping scores under concrete.

Search and rescue officers search for victims amidst the rubble of a collapsed building after a hall collapsed while students were praying at the Al-Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia, September 29, 2025.

The method that works: How to prevent ear pressure in children during takeoff and landing

Flying is part of holiday travel, but takeoff and landing often cause uncomfortable ear pressure. Here’s how to make it easier for you and your children.

It doesn't have to end with tears

Your children are growing up with artificial intelligence. These are the 3 things they must know

An open letter to those who are about to grow up into a world of artificial intelligence – and also to their parents.

Many question marks

How to explain war to children

Talk openly with your kids. I’m betting that what they know and what they think will surprise you.

 Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Yossi Hershkovitz’s funeral at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on November 12. Hershkovitz, 44, the beloved principal of the Ort Pelech Boys School in Jerusalem, was one of five IDF reservists killed in combat in northern Gaza.

WHO: No evidence linking paracetamol use during pregnancy to autism

The clarification followed remarks by US President Donald Trump, who had claimed such a connection existed at a press conference earlier that day.

Tylenol is displayed for sale at a pharmacy in New York City, New York, US, September 5, 2025.