Parenting
Not necessarily every three hours: The truth parents must know about baby feeding
Many parents still hear that a baby must eat every 3 hours. In practice, the current recommendations in pediatrics and breastfeeding speak of responsive feeding.
A baby’s burp after feeding: A myth that causes unnecessary worry or a real need?
Even if the children seem "as usual," something in them has probably changed
How attachment theory can help Israeli parents understand children's behavior
Data experts say posting pictures and activities of children online is dangerous
Experts say that posting photos on social media of children can create a digital identity for children, facilitating identity theft and distribution of the child's image to unwanted parties.
A de facto single mom holds down fort while husband serves in Gaza
In just a few short hours, a woman became a de facto single mother, raising her child and carrying a new one while her husband was sent to Gaza.
Issue of posthumous procreation within the context of the Gaza war - opinion
Israel, still stricken by October 7, deals with a sensitive social parenting issue: The ability to take sperm from the deceased and bring into the world a child in parenthood after death.
A letter to a precious daughter amid Israel's war in Gaza - opinion
If women ran the entire battlefield and not mostly the home front, I have a feeling that this war would have ended already.
Why parents should avoid transferring saliva into their baby's mouth - study
An adult’s mouth is full of a large variety of bacteria and fungi, including harmful pathogens like Candida albicans.
Diaspora Jews, time to have 'the talk' with your kids on antisemitism - opinion
The time is fast approaching for Jewish parents – especially in the Diaspora – to have their own version of “the talk.”
After Oct. 7, Israeli children at risk need help more than ever
Yehuda Kohn, director of the Bet Elazraki Children's Home in Netanya, spoke at the Jerusalem Post's Israel Summit about their effort to give homes and emotional support to children in need.
Coping with postpartum depression after Oct. 7
New mothers, like most parents in Israel, felt all through October that evil had been unleashed, and no sight was void of it.
Becoming a de facto single mom amid the Israel-Hamas War - comment
I don’t know when we’re going to get out of this situation. That being said, I hope beyond all hope that my husband, alongside partners of parents near and far, come back home to their families.
Navigating genetic risk and parenthood - opinion
Following what was now my family history, I was urged to get tested for the mutated BRCA gene, and sadly, at age 29, confirmed I was carrying it.
