Jezebel: Daycare

How I Got All Precious About Daycare

Tracy Moore — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:25:00 EDT

For rookie parents like myself, whether or not to put your kid in daycare brings up a host of hand-wringing questions: Is it OK to hate anyone who can afford a nanny? Will daycare teachers treat my child better if she's clearly more attractive than the other gargoyles? Will they be as good at breastfeeding as me? More »

Colorado May Require Daycare Centers To Offer Dolls Of Different Races

Anna North — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 09:54:00 EDT

The state of Colorado has proposed a long list of new regulations for day care centers, including a requirement that they provide dolls of at least three different races. Childcare providers aren't pleased. More »

16 & Pregnant: When A High School Provides On-Campus Daycare

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Wed, 04 May 2011 13:35:00 EDT

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Last night's episode of 16 & Pregnant took place in Asheville, NC, where teen mom Jamie was provided with free transportation for her infant as well as free on-campus daycare at her public high school. Free for Jamie that is. According to the North Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy literature, teen pregnancy cost North Carolinians $312 million in WIC, Medicaid, TANF and food stamps in 2004 alone. But it would seem that facilities like daycare within a high school—at which Jamie can take a break from her history exam to breastfeed her daughter—are in response to something of an epidemic, as the state consistently ranks ninth in the nation for teen pregnancy rates. More »

Baristas Charged With Prostitution • Dog-Fighting Ring Busted At Chicago Daycare

Katy Kelleher — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:20:00 EDT

• Five "bikini baristas" have been arrested in Washington after they allowed customers to grope them, for a fee. Detectives investigated the coffee stand for two months, during which they also saw baristas lick whipped cream off each other. • More »

Portrait Of Grief

Anna Holmes — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:10:00 EDT

[Sonora, Mexico; June 6. Image via Getty]

Day Care Attacker Was Obsessed With Heath Ledger's Joker

Margaret Hartmann — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:30:00 EST

The suspect in a knife attack at a Belgian day care center on Friday was dressed as The Joker and may have been inspired by the one-year anniversary of Heath Ledger's death. More »

Mom Saves The Day

maria — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:20:00 EDT

Here is a heroic story to start off the weekend: Louise Zoller, mom of two, was picking up her children from daycare when she walked in on a man with a gun who was searching for his estranged wife, a daycare worker. The children and the teacher were huddled together in a bathroom and instead of freaking out when the man began firing, Louise knocked the gun out of his hand and gave it to police. Unfortunately, the gunman mortally-wounded his ex-wife, who bought the pistol at a pawnshop after he got "frustrated" with their impending divorce. [Reader's Digest] More »