6+ hour, 30+ min ago   (354+ words) It’s hard to square any of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s socialist dreams with reality, but when it comes to free, universal child care, even he should’ve seen the technical problems looming long ago — and made sure they were fixed by now....

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (590+ words) “Sweden, often held up as an exemplar of high-quality early childhood education, does not regulate preschool staffing through mandated child-to-staff ratios,” notes Chelsea Follett at City Journal. “The American Left reveres Sweden’s childcare system” and its “taxpayer-funded universal childcare,” but…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (533+ words) They’re one Brigg happy family. Paul and Jeane Briggs already have their hands full with 37 children, but the West Virginia couple say they won’t rule out adopting more. Married since 1976, the couple share five biological children and 32 adopted children, ranging…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (717+ words) Until daycare starts in September, my husband and I have been making things work with the help of our wonderful part-time nanny, who is too humble to be named. What she will happily name, however, are endless activities and little-known…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (798+ words) They can’t give it away for free. Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration failed to convince more families to apply to the city’s free pre-K and 3-K programs — and even reported a slight dip compared to last year — despite an aggressive months-long…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (922+ words) A former teacher swapped the classroom to earn up to $100,000 a year as a professional cuddler — and only works three hours a day. Ella Love, 51, from New York, ditched her teaching profession after 13 years because it became “stressful” and “overwhelming…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (483+ words) Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has no shame — he previously called allegations of fraud “white supremacy,” but now he claims that he was behind the efforts to root out fraud (“JD trashes Walz boast,” April 30). On X he said, “If you…...

4+ mon, 3+ day ago   (1811+ words) Parents in New York City rolled their eyes at a recent survey that claimed it costs $15,447 a year to raise a child in the state, calculated over the course of 18 years. But families across the five boroughs told The Post…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (521+ words) Big mother is watching. For nannies, New York City has become a surveillance state. Random moms — not just those they work for — are increasingly monitoring their every move on the playground and city streets. They’re tattling on their behavior in…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1551+ words) New York City has shelled out nearly $100 million in taxpayer dollars to rent more than two dozen buildings that were meant to house preschools — but have yet to open half a decade later, The Post has learned. The city is…...