Toddler

Three Tel Aviv daycare workers indicted over alleged physical abuse of infants, toddlers

The childcare workers allegedly assaulted the children under the care, who were between six months and one-and-a-half years old, treating them as if they were objects.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Israeli daycare-aged children (illustrative). March 24, 2026.
An emergency room for babies has opened at the Safra Children's Hospital at Sheba

Health experts urge vaccination after two children die from meningococcemia

Meningococcus is a relatively rare but especially aggressive disease. The risk for the disease is especially high in infants, toddlers, adolescents, and young adults living in crowded conditions.

|ByDR. ITAY GAL
YISHAI, ‘OUR sweet pea.

A gift of light and love: A grandmother's tribute to a beloved grandson

While we did not get the big miracle that we all had hoped and prayed for, we were blessed to have many minutes, hours, days, and even weeks of joy and smaller miracles.

|ByDR. BATYA L. LUDMAN
ENTERING THE emergency room at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv.

Health Ministry investigating daycares after 15 toddlers suffer food poisoning symptoms

At least two of the toddlers were hospitalized in suspected food poisoning cases. The incidents occurred at two daycare centers operating under the same management, initial information shows.

|ByAVIHAI CHIIM

Peru doctors save toddler who swallowed eight medical needles

Local media reported that the needles were used to vaccinate farm animals where the boy's mother works.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023ByREUTERS
A syringe is filled with a dose of Pfizer's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a pop-up community vaccination center in Valley Stream, New York

Israel charges preschool teacher with hundreds of child abuse counts

The teacher, Rowan Abdel-Hai, worked for several years at HaGan Shel Sigal Preschool in Hod Hasharon.

AUGUST 17, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Preschool-age children accompanied by teacher (illustrative).

Are you exposing your baby to harmful plastic particles? - study

“It is really important to know how many micro- and nanoplastics we are taking in,” said Kazi Albab Hussain, the study’s lead author and a doctoral student

AUGUST 11, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A baby crying while drinking from a bottle. (Illustrative)

Dealing with toddler tantrums: A guide for parents

Understanding, managing, and preventing tantrums in young children is essential for effective communication and emotional development

JULY 20, 2023ByMAARIV
Mother and child