Has two children, daughter Piper Sloan (b. February 1991) and son Griffin Sloan (b. June 1996), with husband Michael Sloan.
As of May 2007 was living in Montreal, Canada, with her husband and their two
children. Rarely acts in order to be a stay-at-home mom.
Inducted (as a cast member of Little House on the Prairie (1974)) into the Hall of Great Western
Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in
1998.
Was on the Today (1952) Show, promoting her new book, "The Way I See It: A Look Back at My Life on Little House", release date on May 4, 2010 (hardcover) (May 3, 2010). (May 2010)