The New York Times 2010s: on Families & Children

Mike Bloomberg: Ban flavored e-cigarettes used to entice kids to smoke

Michele Bachmann: Raised 23 foster kids, with her own kids,as "treatment home"

The Bachmanns were licensed by the state from 1992 to 2000 to handle up to three foster children at a time; the last child arrived in 1998. They began by offerin short-term care for girls with eating disorders who were treated through a program at the University of Minnesota, said the CEO of the private agency that handled the placements. He said the Bachmann home was "technically considered a treatment home," which offered a higher level of reimbursement. Critics point out that the couple had not "raised" the children, as Mrs. Bachmann has said. But, the CEO said, "From our agency's perspective, I thought they did a very nice job."