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Why Finnish babies sleep in boxes
For 75 years, Finland's expectant mothers have been given a box by the state. It's like a starter kit of clothes, sheets and toys that can even be used as a bed. And some say it helped Finland achieve one of the world's lowest infant mortality rates.
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7 Bizarre Ways Kids Entertained Themselves Before Video Games
In the old days, all a kid needed to have a good time was imagination, some throwing knives, and a couple of belts tied round his neck.
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The US Is Locking Up Undocumented Kids With Adults
From 2008 to 2012, more than 1,300 children were detained in adult facilities—sometimes for more than a year.
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Teenager Buried Alive: Mob Leaders Will Be Tried For Murder
Two members of an indigenous Quechua community in Bolivia's highlands will be tried for murder for allegedly leading a mob that buried alive a teenager suspected of raping and killing a woman, a prosecutor said Friday.
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FDA OK's Morning-After Pill Without a Prescription
U.S. District Judge Edward Korman had ruled in April that the government must allow over-the-counter sales, and a federal appeals court rejected the administration's challenge to that ruling last week. The administration had been criticized by some women's rights groups for trying to stop contraception sales to underage females.
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Judge adds dying girl to transplant list
Sarah Murnaghan, a 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl with cystic fibrosis whose family fought to have her prioritized for adult organs, is getting a new set of lungs. Sarah was in surgery Wednesday morning.
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'Sesame Street' creates first Muppet to have a parent in jail
Those friendly, fuzzy Muppets from “Sesame Street” have helped kids open up about all sorts of serious subjects, from hunger and divorce to military deployment. But they’re now tackling a much more unexpected issue: incarceration.
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Sweet Innocence
A child and an animal are very similar, but different in many ways...
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This sign was posted at a park
Do they really need to make it so "graphic"???
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6 Year Old Girl Sings Death Metal Song on ‘America’s Got Talent’
She looks like a princess, but sings like a heavy metal warrior!
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Cabbage Patch Kids 'Wigs'
Call it a comeback. Cabbage Patch Kids are experiencing a renaissance, thanks to a creative wig-maker from the brand's home state of Georgia. Amanda Lillie's crocheted Cabbage Patch Kid "hats" have gone viral amongst parents who remember collecting the dolls in the '80s.
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Royal Baby Gets Wikipedia Page Before It Is Born
The Royal Baby has become the first person to get a wikipedia page before it is born. My apologies if the tenses in the preceeding sentence are grammatically incorrect.
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What if Barbie Looked Like a Real Woman?
Some people say that we shouldn't pay attention to the body proportions of Barbie because she is just a toy. On the surface, that sounds like a valid argument.
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Cleveland kidnapping victims speak out for the first time
For the first time since their rescue two months ago, the world is hearing directly from the three women who were held captive in Cleveland for a decade.
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Most Awkward Baby Photos
You know those amazing artistic baby portraits?
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Deaths of two families in plane crash shock South Carolina town
The stunning news has been spreading through the city of Greenville, South Carolina, shaking residents in a way they hadn't felt in recent memory.
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Let me introduce you to my imaginary friends
No one in my family knows where those names came from, least of all me. Temmy was a boy, Clugga a girl, and I remember them now in the way you might remember beloved cousins not seen since childhood. They were my friends, constant companions.
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Bin Laden’s Life on the Run, Witnessed by Al Qaeda Child Bride
What was life like for the 14-year-old newlywed whose husband was Osama bin Laden’s courier? Michael Daly on the failed police stop, safe houses, TV revelation—and final night.
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Pimp Your Crib: 10 Innovations for the Tech-Savvy Baby
While we’re not all parents here at Brit HQ, we do occasionally get baby on the brain. We can’t help it! With lots of our friends and family (and even some of our team!) becoming parents and some crazy-awesome new developments in the land of baby tech, we like to nerd out a little bit about what gadgets have got to go in our future little one's nursery. We’re betting these ten gadgets would make even the most jaded Silicon Valley baby crack a smile.
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Man faces charges in burning of girlfriend's son
A Pennsylvania man is facing charges after he, possibly with the help of his own sons, allegedly doused his girlfriend's 7-year-old son in nail polish remover and filmed the child being set on fire.
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