Family MattersSleep
Sleep Stealers: What’s Keeping Children From Getting Enough Shut-Eye?
The latest research homes in on the biggest sleep robber.
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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Teaching children to find the line between humor and disrespect
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Pediatricians Need to Be More Aware of Alternative Medicine Use Among Children
Parents and doctors are still reluctant to discuss complementary therapy use among children
Family MattersKids and DNA
Could a Blood-Based Test Replace Amniocentesis?
A California company hopes to take the needles — and risk — out of prenatal genetic testing.
Family MattersExercise
Yay for Recess: Pediatricians Say It’s as Important as Math or Reading
Play time can be as important as class time for helping students perform their best.
Family MattersChildhood
Schoolchildren Send Thousands of Handmade Snowflakes to Sandy Hook
A nationwide crafts project may help children around the country to learn about and cope with the shooting tragedy
Family MattersChildhood
Bullying over Food Allergies
Kids can be cruel to one another for all sorts of reasons. Children who are too fat or too thin or those who have few friends are commonly targeted by schoolyard bullies, but new research finds that children with food allergies …
Family MattersNutrition
Ditching the Chips: Study Finds Kids Give Cheese and Veggies the Thumbs Up
When it comes to snacks, cheese and vegetables may be just as satisfying as chips
Family MattersNutrition
Milk for Kids: 2 Cups a Day, No More and No Less
Milk, it does a body good. But how much milk does the most good?
Family MattersAutism
Guilt by Association: Troubling Legacy of Sandy Hook May Be Backlash Against Children with Autism
Parents of children with autism confront misconceptions connecting the disorder with violence
Family MattersChildhood
School Security: Why It’s So Hard to Keep Kids Safe
In the wake of the second deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, parents, administrators and legislators debate whether lockdowns are enough to protect students
Family MattersChildhood
Trying to Make Sense of Tragedy: Why the Sandy Hook Shooting Is So Painful for All of Us
The survivors of the Sandy Hook tragedy: how children and families are coping
Family MattersParenting
Am I Safe? Talking to Your Kids About the Sandy Hook School Shooting
Explaining the tragedy means answering children’s questions honestly without overwhelming them with too much detail
