School mask mandates could end with the likely passage of a bill in the General Assembly.

Educational ‘pods’ and in-home nannies are among the less-than-optimal child care options that are out of reach for many families.

“We’re hearing the same thing over and over again— I need my kid to go to school, I really need my kid to go to school,” says one local private school director.

Several child care operators across the area have been shuttered by the pandemic.

In what has, for whatever silly reason, become the story to chat about around the local media this week, Parenting magazine rated Washington D.C. the number one place for families in the country, citing our vast supply of cultural institutions, recreational opportunities and kid-friendly restaurants as signs that the District is the place to raise a kid. Of course, not everyone agrees.