A Canadian study found that children are less likely to pester their parents for a cheeseburger Happy Meal if they don’t see one on TV. But did you know that banning ads for toys and fast food was effective in lowering childhood obesity in Quebec? Quebec prohibited fast food and toy advertisements for children under […]
Everyone knows the 1990s were hands-down the best time to be a kid because it had some of the most creative cartoons and kids’ shows, especially when it came to after-school shows. From Rugrats to Boy Meets World and many of the TV series listed here have transcended the nostalgia of the ’90s era and
Throughout history, there have been several accounts of feral children. They are often called wild children. These kids have been isolated from human contact in their early years and often do not understand essential human and social functions. One famous feral child was Genie, who was discovered in the seventies. An American “feral child,” Genie
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According to federal law, selling or buying children is a federal offense that would result in a life sentence in federal prison. But did you know that the state of Mississippi did not make the act of selling children illegal until 2009? Lawmakers in Mississippi made child-selling illegal by 2009. This was done after a
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Young Danish students experience difficulties comprehending vowel-abundant phrases or sentences because Danes usually swallow their words, with only a quarter of the syllables enunciated. These factors contribute to an overall delay in the language learning of Danish children. Moreover, regardless of the language similarities, Danish adults rely more on context to understand ambiguous sentences when
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According to the US Fire Statistics, more than half of all home fires occur between 10 PM and 6 AM when most of us are sound asleep. This is the very reason why the US Consumer Products and Safety Commission issued specific regulations on children’s sleepwear. But what are the laws exactly? The Code of
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BBC finds Facebook failed to remove child porn. Facebook reports BBC to authorities A BBC investigation has revealed that 80 per cent of child abuse images it reported to Facebook were not removed. Facebook responded to the allegations by requesting the BBC send examples of the material to it, then reporting the team to the
