Children

“Nobody can do everything, but everybody can do something. And it just rang a bell with me, like this could be my something,” David Optekar told NBC6.

“Nobody can do everything, but everybody can do something. And it just rang a bell with me, like this could be my something,” David Optekar told NBC6’s Sophia Hernandez.

Childcare assistance, funded by the federal government with help from states, is supposed to aid working parents who are low-income, homeless or caring for foster children.

YouTube sensation and music teacher Ms. Rachel and her husband, Mr. Aron, will release their debut album, the 23-track “I’m So Happy,” on Sept. 25.

As another school year begins, the program needs more community partners. Could that be you? NBC6’s Constance Jones reports.

Experts explain why hot car deaths happen even to attentive parents. Florida is ranked the 2nd deadliest state for hot car deaths. How can we stop these preventable deaths? 

The Spectrum Alert is designed to engage the community to help in locating and recover missing children with autism spectrum disorder.

Shrey Parikh has won the Scripps National Spelling Bee, beating Ishaan Gupta in a lightning-round tiebreaker.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee runs from Tuesday through Thursday this week. The bee began in 1925, with this year marking its 98th edition.

Parents are calling the police over squishy toys.

A new WalletHub report reveals the Sunshine State falls short when it comes to supporting working mothers

Florida placed 41st nationwide in a WalletHub study, which examined childcare access, professional opportunities, and gender pay gaps. But behind the numbers are women who live the reality every day, juggling careers, commutes, and the constant pull of motherhood.

A child suffered minor injuries Saturday morning after crawling under a fence at Zoo America in Pennsylvania and approaching a wolf enclosure.

“I think a lot of children will benefit from just having that sensory input and just calming effect with the bubbles, the lights,” mom Chrissy Reyes said. “It makes him take his mind off of why he was here.”

“I think a lot of children will benefit from just having that sensory input and just calming effect with the bubbles, the lights,” one mom said. “It makes him take his mind off of why he was here.” NBC6’s Julia Bagg reports.

Recently, 7-year-old Stevie Ryan wrote this Weekend update: “For Lent, I gave up listening to ‘Hamilton’ songs. It’s hard. I’m never doing it again.”

Like many Americans, Ms. Rachel said she first became aware of the family detention center in Dilley, Texas, after federal immigration agents detained a 5-year-old in Minneapolis.

This Women’s History Month, Zana Zein Wolland, founder of Mobile School Pantry, is being honored for taking on childhood hunger head-on, bringing fresh food directly to schools.

If you remember earning $5 an hour as a teenage babysitter, you’ll be shocked by what babysitters earn today.

Here’s how the “Amber Alert” system was established to inform the public of child abductions and how it works.