Family MattersInfectious Disease
What Really Made Mary from “Little House on the Prairie” Go Blind?
Medical sleuthing reveals that scarlet fever probably wasn’t responsible
Bonnie Rochman
Bonnie Rochman writes about parenting for TIME. She is a former TIME intern who has also reported from the Middle East, Myanmar and Vietnam for the Boston Globe, the Jerusalem Report and Fortune. A former staff writer at The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C. — where she was the paper's parenting blogger, chronicling the wacky yet universal idiosyncracies of her three children — she now lives in Seattle.
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Family MattersInfectious Disease
Family MattersApprovals
‘Both My Sons Deserve to Live’: A Mother’s Plea for Quicker Action from the FDA
Jenn McNary’s two sons have Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Why can only one child access a drug that can prolong his life?
Family MattersWork & Life
Happy 20th Birthday: Q&A with the Women Behind the Family and Medical Leave Act
It provides workers with more rights if they have to take time off for a family or health emergency. But its creators say the act could do more.
Family MattersChildhood
Boy in the Bunker: Alabama 5-Year-Old Starts the Road to Recovery
A week after he was taken hostage in an underground bunker, Ethan is now free.
Family MattersParenting
Where Do Babies Come From: Why a Super Bowl Ad Got It Wrong
“Dad, where do babies come from?”
The opening line of Kia’s Super Bowl commercial doesn’t beat around the bush. The question spills forth during a car ride, making Dad’s eyes bug out before he quickly recovers and …
Family MattersSexuality
Bullying: For Gay and Lesbian Teens, Does Life Get Better After School?
How long does bullying over sexual orientation continue?
Family MattersReproductive Health
Midwives Say Birthing Centers Could Cut C-Section Rates and Save Billions
Most women still give birth in hospitals, but midwives hope to change that
Family MattersMarriage
Why Husbands Who Share Household Chores Miss Out on Sex
Splitting household duties may not be the way to more sex for couples
Family MattersChildhood
Pediatricians Issue First-Ever Diabetes Guidelines for Children
With childhood obesity rates on the rise, pediatricians are doing something they couldn’t have imagined a need for a decade ago: they’re debuting guidelines for managing weight-related diabetes among youngsters.
Family MattersPublic Health
Can Public Health Messages Be Entertaining? ZDoggMD Thinks So
A Stanford-trained doctor turns public health messages into rap videos
Family MattersChildhood
Child Abuse: Why It’s So Hard to Determine Who’s at Risk
Prevention is nearly always preferable to treatment when it comes to our health, and the stakes are even higher in cases of child abuse. But is it even possible to identify children at risk of abuse before it’s too late?
Family MattersPsychology
Lance Armstrong’s Confession and the Psychology of the Competitor
The fine line between competition’s drive for excellence and dangerous win-at-all-costs mentality
Family MattersRegulation
Letters to Obama: Children Plead for Gun Control
In handwritten letters, children make the case to President Obama for stronger gun control laws
