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Extraordinary Kids. Ordinary Families SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 Ordinary Families. Extraordinary Kids. A story of nine families By Charlotte Alter time.com PHONEBRING YOUR OWN ACTIVATION KIT ††Half the cost is based on a comparison of the average cost of the $45 Straight Talk Service Plan plus average sales tax and fees and the average total monthly cost on an individual 2-year service contract plan with unlimited talk, text and comparable high-speed data on the top two carriers. Plan costs include all taxes, fees and overage charges. Source: Nationwide survey conducted May 2016. Straight Talk’s Bring Your Own Phone plan requires a compatible, unlocked phone, activation kit and Straight Talk service plan. User may need to change the phone’s Access Point Name settings. Please note: If you switch to Straight Talk, you may be subject to fees from your current provider. †To get 4G LTE speed, you must have a 4G LTE capable device and 4G LTE SIM. Actual availability, coverage and speed may vary. 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VOL. 188, NO. 9 | 2016 2 | Conversation The View The Features Time Off △ Family photos 4 | For the Record Ideas, opinion, What to watch, read, The Brief innovations Super Siblings see and do depict the lives Six lessons from nine families of the Wojcicki News from the U.S. and 17 | Can virtual 43 | A new Ben-Hur sisters at their around the world reality provide a whose children are thriving in lacks horsepower parents’ house safe treatment for 5 | medicine, business and the arts Hillary Clinton’s chronic pain? 28 45 | New movies: Photograph by friends with By Charlotte Alter Hands of Stone benefits and Cody Pickens 18 | A new book Southside With You for TIME | war on on the history of 6 Nigeria’s the book Trump’s Tower 46 | indiscipline A wave of new How the Republican used miniseries hits TV 19 | Smart tattoos | undocumented Polish labor 8 The legacy of the 48 | Donald Rio Games bring technology to decades ago to build his empire’s body art Glover’s new show crown jewel Atlanta takes on race 10 | Ian Bremmer on | By Massimo Calabresi22 India’s economic 19 A new study 51 | obstacles suggests it’s bad Singer Frank for men to be Ocean goes Blonde breadwinners but Elective Transplants 11 | Can Kellyanne good for women 55 | Susanna Conway stabilize Patients can get new faces, hands and reproductive organs. 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