Family MattersParenting
Don’t Eat Daddy’s Cookies: How to Talk to Your Kids About Pot
Explaining why pot is now like alcohol: okay for mom and dad, but not for kids
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 MattersPediatric Genetics
‘Want to Know My Future’? Parents Grapple with Delving into Their Kids’ DNA
This week’s TIME cover story (available to subscribers here) asks a simple question with a complicated answer. Sophisticated DNA testing is allowing parents to learn more about the health of their children than ever before, but …
Family MattersTeens
Why Teen Victims of Dating Violence Can’t Break the Cycle
Teens in violent relationships may become victims of aggression as adults
Family MattersObesity
Is Too Much Salt a Trigger for Childhood Obesity?
Cravings for unhealthy foods often go hand in hand, which isn’t good news for young waistlines.
Family MattersPregnancy
Is Kate Middleton Too Thin to Be Pregnant?
It isn’t easy being pregnant, and it sure isn’t easy being a pregnant Kate Middleton.
Family MattersKids and DNA
New Prenatal Test Could Improve Detection of Congenital Diseases
Would you want to know if your unborn baby is at risk of autism?
Family MattersPregnancy
In Search Of: The First Home Pregnancy Tests
It’s been 35 years of DIY pregnancy testing, but the earliest versions looked very different from those available today
Family MattersPregnancy
Why a Pregnant Kate Middleton is in the Hospital
Explaining hyperemesis gravidarum
Family MattersGender
One Girl’s Quest to Make the Easy-Bake Oven More Boy-Friendly
Cooking isn’t just for girls, so culinary-inspired toys shouldn’t be either, says McKenna Pope
Family MattersBreast Cancer
The Mammogram Mess: The Most Difficult Decision for Women in Their 40s
Confusing advice about mammography reflects still evolving understanding about how best to detect breast cancer
Family MattersParenting
Did Attachment Parenting Contribute to Mayim Bialik’s Divorce?
The actress says it didn’t, but we can’t help but wonder
Family MattersAutism
Can a Baby’s Cry Be a Clue to Autism?
Researchers have analyzed brain scans and eye movements as harbingers of autism. Now they’re listening to babies’ cries.
Family MattersParenting
Why Parents with Disabilities Are Losing Custody of their Kids
Laws designed to protect people with disabilities are failing to maintain the rights of disabled parents to take care of their children
