Picking up a dropped pacifier and sucking it clean may help infants to be better germ fighters.
The practice not only …
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Family MattersVaccines
How Social Networks Influence Parents’ Decision to Vaccinate
A small group of parent advocates is mobilizing “gentle propaganda” against vaccine naysayers
Good Boy: There’s a Better Way to Praise Your Kids
Encouragement and praise can come in many forms, and some ways are better for child development than others
Family MattersParenting
Lance Armstrong: How to Talk to Your Kids About Cheating
Why would someone celebrated as a hero break the rules? Lance Armstrong’s decision to stop fighting antidoping charges prompts parents to parse right and wrong
Family MattersParenting
What’s the Right Age to Give Your Kid a Cell Phone?
The most popular age at which parents give their kids cell phones is 12. Are tweens ready to handle the responsibility of their own digital link to the world?
Q&A: Understanding the Mindset of a Shooter’s Parents
In the wake of tragedies like the Colo. theater shooting, we often forget that the families of the perpetrators are victims too. A forensic psychiatrist lends insight into the suffering on the other side
When Dementia Derails Your Parent’s Finances
Five steps you can take now to help Mom and Dad avoid a money mess
Five Tips for Families Facing End-of-Life Care
In this week’s TIME cover story, “The Long Goodbye” (available to subscribers here), journalist Joe Klein writes about the loss of his parents. They both suffered from dementia and died within months of each other. Through their …
Why Cell Phones Are Bad for Parenting
Kids can tell when they don’t have their parents’ full attention. Dominique Browning argues it’s time for parents to put down their cell phones before it’s too late. Read her full opinion piece on our companion blog Ideas.
Family MattersParenting
What’s a Bris? L.A. Hospital Launches Workshop for Jewish Parents-to-Be
With fewer Jewish families affiliating with synagogues, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles is reaching out to would-be parents in the hospital.
Family MattersChildhood
Most Parents of Overweight Kids Don’t Hear It from the Doctor
Less than a third of parents of overweight kids and just over half of parents of very obese kids are informed by their physicians. What’s the problem?
Family MattersParenting
The Latest Trend in College Admissions: Parents Write Letters of Recommendation
Some colleges are starting to ask Mom and Dad to put in a written plug for their progeny in the college admissions process.
CommittedFamily
The Five Secrets of Happily Married Parents
Do kids make marriage unbearable? Marital satisfaction surveys seem to suggest so, as do anecdotally rich cover stories of popular magazines.
