New York Times - Day Care Centers

A law that seeks to foster both noise abatement and fertility has made a day care center in Germany the target of a lawsuit.

Two children and an adult were reported to have been killed and at least 10 children wounded in a knife attack on Friday, according to local media.

More companies are allowing women and some men, too to bring their newborn babies to work.

The financing battle is over a year-old state order to increase the amount the city pays providers of subsidized day care to make it closer to market rate.

How, when and where a child is born may all play a role in lifetime asthma risk, new studies suggest.

While officials said the sites would not be closed, critics charged that reductions would destabilize the centers and force them to shut down.

The parents of 54 toddlers enrolled in a popular day care center are going to have to make other plans.

In a year with the baby, a stay-at-home dad makes many treks to the mall and to Mom’s office.

Children who attend day care may be less likely to suffer from asthma and wheezing than their stay-at-home peers, a new study reports.

Preschool programs and day care centers have been studied extensively by researchers, and the reports are usually a mixed bag of risks and benefits.

Correction of July 5 article in Talking Business column about Google's day care center, regarding reference to title of Susan Wojcicki

A battle between employees and their company over in-house day care may be representative of greater changes at Google.

The state comptroller said that his office had uncovered numerous instances of child care centers in New York City misspending public funds.

The Minnesota Supreme Court’s ruling that a day care agency had to pay taxes because it essentially gave nothing away has alarmed nonprofit groups.

The architect David Rockwell has designed novel playgrounds for New York City that replace traditional fixed structures like monkey bars and swings with custom shaped loose parts that children can move around.