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Dumb Teens Need the Internet to Survive
Leah Beckmann · 11/03/11 05:38PMMommy Made Me an Online Delinquent
Ryan Tate · 11/01/11 07:49PMResearchers discovered the weak link in child protection laws: Parents. A federal rule designed to keep stalky marketers away from kids is being thwarted by moms and dads seeking to expose their kids to... stalky marketers, of the sort bundled into Facebook. We clearly need new laws, but a new set of parents wouldn't hurt, either.
'App Gap' Is an Exciting New Gap Between Rich and Poor Kids
Adrian Chen · 10/25/11 10:23AMArrests Made in Chinese Toddler Death
Lauri Apple · 10/23/11 04:20PMTwo people have been arrested for the hit-and-run death of Wang Yue, the Chinese two-year-old left to die in the street. No word on what the formal charges are; police used the now-infamous surveillance footage to identify the suspects. As much as we dislike how camera'ed up and Big Brothery our public spaces have become, we're glad this particular incident was captured on video. [Washington Post]
The Chinese Toddler Left in the Street to Die Has Died
John Cook · 10/21/11 11:51AMHer name was Wang Yueyue. She was run over—twice—in a crowded market in Fushan, China, last week as at least 17 passersby drove, walked, and bicycled by without lifting a finger to help her for almost ten minutes. Chinese officials announced today that she has died of her injuries, just as those 17 people intended.
Senate Defends Kids' Right to Stuff Their Faces with Potatoes
Jim Newell · 10/19/11 04:26PMWashington's War on Potatoes appears to be wrapping up, and... let's see here... potatoes are winning! White potatoes, those excessively salted and fried and embacon'd starch rocks that are now limited to two weekly cafeteria servings under new USDA regulations for federally subsidized school lunches, will soon be freed, as the Senate voted yesterday to "block the USDA from putting any limits on serving potatoes or other vegetables in school lunches."
Two-Year-Old Hit-and-Run Victim Left to Die in Street in China
John Cook · 10/17/11 11:32AMLast week, a two-year-old girl wandering in the street in a market in Foshan, China, was hit by a van. The driver stopped for a moment and continued on, rolling over the girl again with the van's rear wheels. Over the course of the next seven minutes, as she lay in the street bleeding, 17 passersby walked over and around her—one truck ran over her again—without helping.
iPad Baby Can't Work a Magazine
Brian Moylan · 10/13/11 05:47PMParents Can't Chill Out About Pot-Shaped Lollipops
Brian Moylan · 10/10/11 03:11PMFrance Wages War on Ketchup
Leah Beckmann · 10/07/11 03:43PMYou Cannot Stop Junk Food From Eating Your Children
Hamilton Nolan · 10/07/11 12:16PMYou may think that you're one of those "good" parents. You read to your kids at night, and you don't let them play with guns, and you stripped most of the lead paint out of the playroom. Well, according to the latest scientific study, it's safe to give up. Your kids will inevitably die of McChicken-related diabetes sooner or later, no matter what you do.
This Toddler Has Issues with Justin Bieber
Matt Cherette · 09/30/11 02:54AMHow a 14-Year-Old Girl Became an Unwilling Internet Pin-Up
Adrian Chen · 09/23/11 03:03PMA particularly gross genre of Internet erotica has sprung up around alluring self-pictures of underage girls found on social media sites. But did you know there are actual people with real lives in those pictures? Meet Miami teen Angie Varona, whose life was turned upside down when she became an online sex symbol.
Even Kids Think 'Planking' Is Stupid
Matt Cherette · 09/20/11 08:02PMThis summer, "planking"—lying face down in an unusual spot while someone takes a picture of you—quickly became a popular internet meme, then a deadly-and-possibly-racist meme, and then, finally, an old meme. And while you'd think that, if anyone, planking would be a hit with the pre-teen set, this new "Kids React" video from the Fine Brothers shows that even children think it's ridiculous and stupid. [via YouTube]
14-Year-Old Who Made 'It Gets Better' Video Commits Suicide Amidst Bullying
Richard Lawson · 09/20/11 05:20PMBack in May, Buffalo teen Jamey Rodermeyer contributed a video to the "It Gets Better" campaign. Though only 14, Rodermeyer felt he had a message of hope to send whoever was watching. Now, four months later, he's dead of a suicide.
Study: Spongebob Squarepants Is Ruining Your Kid's Life
Jeff Neumann · 09/12/11 02:37AMGay, anti-Christian, global warming-peddling cartoon Spongebob Squarepants is under attack from old people again, and this time it's from scientists. In the newest edition of Pediatrics, researchers from the University of Virginia found that sticking the kids in front of Spongebob Squarepants so you don't have to actually hang out with them is, in fact, killing their attention spans.
'Mischievous Magician' Arrested for Hypnotizing 75 Schoolchildren
Maureen O'Connor · 09/01/11 05:15PMA "mischievous magician" and his two assistants are reportedly in police custody in southwestern Colombia after a "mass hypnosis" session that led to the hospitalization of 75 schoolchildren, according to a regional radio station. Parents of the afflicted students of the Institución Educativa Ciudad Mocoa have asked authorities to allow the magician to visit the hospital, so he can release the children from the trance.