Family & Kids

10 Things New Moms Want You to Know
00:06 2017-12-23

1. No, I’m not “tired.” I’m exhausted to a degree only someone who’s stayed up raving for three days with zero help from any illegal substances can understand. Look, everyone knows that you “don’t sleep much” when you have a new baby. But that barely touches the depths of the sleep deprivation you’re in after …

Jerusalem woman gives birth to her 20th child
20:15 2017-12-22

An expectant woman who arrived at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem to give birth earlier this week astounded staff when she revealed that the baby would be her 20th child. The ultra-Orthodox woman, 42, was from the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem, the hospital said in a statement Wednesday. Midwife Aliza Altmark was chatting with the …

Stress levels go way up when families gather for the holidays. How to cope.
07:41 2017-12-22

Every holiday season, families and friends convene to share affection, kindness and experience. In the ideal holiday atmosphere, one often depicted in commercials and media, such get-togethers are events of warmth, appreciation and general happiness. If you find yourself in such a family, count yourself lucky and blessed. If your holiday is marked with stress …

Longest-Frozen Embryo is Born After being Preserved for 24 Years
02:15 2017-12-22

A baby has been born after becoming the longest-frozen embryo after being cryopreserved for 24 years. When Tina Gibson and her husband Benjamin dreamt of becoming parents, they probably didn’t realise that they’d be breaking a world record in the process. The Gibsons, from Tennessee, decided to make their wishes a reality with the help …

Aggression in childhood: Rooted in genetics, influenced by the environment
17:08 2017-12-21

Over the past few months, many local cases of assault and harassment have come to light and been widely discussed in the news, both here and in the U.S. and Europe. Why do people have these types of aggressive impulses? To look for an answer, Stéphane Paquin, a PhD candidate in sociology at Université de …