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6 Doctors Swallowed and Pooped Lego Minifigures So You Don't Have To
What happens when you swallow a Lego head? Six pediatricians decided to find out by doing it.
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'Time outs' don't do any harm, parents told
Using "time outs" to discipline children is not going to harm them or your relationship with them, US research suggests. Despite criticism of the "naughty step" strategy, children's anxiety did not increase and neither did their aggressive behaviour, the eight-year study of families found. But a UK psychologist said the key was how the technique was used.
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Plush Toys is the Best Gift for a 2 Year Old Child | My Heart Teddy
Plush toys have been around for generations but they still bring smiles to millions of children's faces every year around the world.
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YouTube Said to Be Fined Up to $200 Million for Children’s Privacy Violations
The fine, from the Federal Trade Commission, could have significant repercussions for other social media platforms that are popular with children.
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Strange 'Werewolf Syndrome' Appeared in Multiple Spanish Infants
Spanish pharmaceutical manufacturer Farma-Química Sur is facing trial for their role in an outbreak of unusual hair growth in infants across the country.
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The camp that makes future millionaires
In a rented room in a church in an upmarket Toronto suburb, Hasina Lookman is running through various stock market indices at a rapid clip. “Tell me about volume,” she asks, then follows up with an explanation of market capitalisation. Her listeners, clearly engaged, appear eager to weigh-in on what might cause a stock’s value to fluctuate.
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Children Raised Without Religion Are Kinder And More Empathetic, Study Finds
According to a study published in Current Biology in 2015, children raised without religion tend to be kinder than children brought up in very religious households. The study was a collaborative effort between numerous academics from seven different universities that are spread out all over the world.
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How ‘Sesame Street’ Started a Musical Revolution
Fifty years ago, the television show united children’s education, puppetry and songs. Pop stars have been singing the Muppets’ tunes (and vice versa) ever since.
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Having kids makes you happier, but only when they move out
Parents with young children are less happy than non-parents, but the tables seem to turn when their children leave home and become more supportive than stressful
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We Have Ruined Childhood
For youngsters these days, an hour of free play is like a drop of water in the desert. Of course they’re miserable.
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‘Greta effect’ leads to boom in children’s environmental books
The 16-year-old climate change activist has galvanised young people to read more about saving the planet
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Technology to save kids in hot cars exists. So why isn’t it in every vehicle?
At a car dealership a couple of months ago, Miles Harrison's 8-year-old daughter climbed into the back seat of a parked sports utility vehicle that a salesman was showing to the family. What happened next startled Harrison: As his daughter was exploring the back, the salesman got out of the car and shut the driver's door behind him. Suddenly, "the loudest horn you could ever imagine" started blaring, Harrison said.
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Stuffed Toys Storage Ideas | My Heart Teddy
As the children grow up, their passion for soft toys comes down. The old toys are left in the house unattended as a reminder of a happier time.
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Pueblo man creates device to prevent kids from dying in hot cars
A former engineer in Pueblo has taken on a new challenge; preventing kids from dying in hot, locked cars. Lane Maxwell wanted to come up with a device that could remind parents they have a child in the car without relying on any other technology. "This is a device to remind the driver that there's still a baby in the car seat," Maxwell said.
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Candy Land Was Invented for Polio Wards
A schoolteacher created the popular board game, which celebrates its 70th anniversary this year, for quarantined children.
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YouTube isn't for kids. But kids videos are among its most popular, study finds
The Pew Research Center suggests children's content is among the most popular on YouTube, even though the company discourages children under 13 from using its platform.
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Beautiful Picture Books For Children
Mathematics this yadda yadda yadda. Language that yadda yadda yadda. Recess time is pretty much the only activity that resonates with the kids. Kids get tired of being bombarded verbally by the lectures their teachers so
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Kids now dream of being professional YouTubers rather than astronauts, study finds
Today's kids are three times more likely to aspire toward a career as a YouTuber rather than an astronaut, according to a new study.
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Parents’ emotional trauma may change their children’s biology. Studies in mice show how
Suffering triggers changes in gene expression that last for generations
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They thought their son played too many video games — so settled the argument with science
Two academic parents from Sydney take an unusual approach to working out disputes about their son's excessive electronic gaming time.
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