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* [[G-Rated Drug]]: Sometimes, although more often the harder drugs (marijuana, etc.) are used.

* [[Missing Mom]] / [[Disappeared Dad]]: Several, including one where a non-custodial mother kidnaps her children and brainwashes them into believing their dad had died in a car accident. Another involved a young teen-ager who raised her younger siblings after both parents had died.

* [[Never Learned to Read]]: "The Hero Who Couldn't Read," about a high school basketball star who is illiterate and has friends help him with his homework ... until the day his little brother loses his eyesight after an accident at a coin-operated laundry (the tyke spilled liquid soap in his eyes, and the stud couldn't read the directions on what to do in case said situation arose).

* [[The Rainman]]: Numerous episodes dealing with mental retardation, with situations ranging from the family adjusting to a newly de-institutionalized mentally-challenged person now living with them ("Welcome Home, Jellybean") or a person seeking social acceptance.