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...techniques that give the children of middle-class and educated parents an edge socially and in school - and that instruction is often eye-opening for both Ballard and her clients. You would be surprised to know what new parents don't know, Ballard says, recalling the case of one father who thought babies couldn't hear at birth. He asked, "When do their eyes open?' He thought they were like puppies," she says. (See 9 kid foods to avoid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nurse Home Visits: A Boost for Low-Income Parents | 3/2/2009 | See Source »

...husband, Gary Sebelius, is a federal magistrate judge. (His father, Keith Sebelius, was a prominent Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives.) The couple has two sons, Ned and John...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HHS Secretary: Kathleen Sebelius | 3/2/2009 | See Source »

...spokesman for the Syro-Malabar order of the Catholic Church, Father Paul Thelakkat, said Raphael's allegations stem from "some wounded feelings," which Raphael should have raised with the church instead of "maligning the life of religious nuns." He added that Raphael's allegations are "not especially serious." "The church never claims there's no sin within the church," he said. "We're not angels - we're human beings of flesh and blood - so some omissions and failures can happen. But the church is perennially on a path of renewal and reformation. We're trying to deal with these problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Former Nun's Memoirs Rock India's Catholic Church | 3/1/2009 | See Source »

...last year, 23-year-old Sister Anoopa Mary had been found hanging in her room in St. Mary's Convent in Kollam, north of the capital. In what was purportedly her suicide note, she had said she could no longer withstand the senior nuns' harassment. Her father, a cook in the local bishop's house, charged that sexual exploitation had led his daughter to take her life. The convent has denied the allegations, though a court investigation is still ongoing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Former Nun's Memoirs Rock India's Catholic Church | 3/1/2009 | See Source »

...anything to go by, that candor is a long way off. When asked about the numerous allegations of sexual abuse in the church, he said, "[Alleging sexual abuse] is an old tool of hitting at the ecclesiastical society. It's nothing new. It happened 2,000 years ago too." Father Thelakkat's reaction is somewhat similar. Though he doesn't deny Raphael's allegations, he refuses to acknowledge their seriousness either: "The incidents may be true, but they are isolated cases." Clearly, it's time to connect the dots and see the bigger picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Former Nun's Memoirs Rock India's Catholic Church | 3/1/2009 | See Source »

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