It's nice to be a grandparent because you can enjoy spending time with your grandkids without worrying about the minutia of parenting. Plus, it's your second go around with little rascals so you get to have fun with it. Like Steve and Jeri Wakefield, two grandparents who are having so much fun at being awesome grandparents that they built their grandkids this amazing tree house mansion. I don't think kids have ever dreamt of tree houses this nice. Read More >>
Here is the most adorable theft ever. A two-year-old toddler figured out how to use nail clippers to pick the lock on his eight-year-old sister's door so that he could steal a stuffed animal at night. His parents set up a baby camera to see the incredible "crime" go down. Read More >>
Featured comment by caniffis:
"when i was that age i wanted to see the cars out the front of our house but wasn't allowed and was kept in the back garden with a 6 foot wall and a ga..." More »
When Daisy Morris was four years old, she found fossilised bones of a previously undiscovered species of the flying reptile beast pterosaur. Now, at nine years young, scientists have decided to name the reptile, which lived during the same time period as dinosaurs, after Daisy. It's called Vectidraco daisymorrisae. How cute. Read More >>
A fire truck. This swamp thing action figure. My Ninja Turtles Shellraiser. Those were my favourite toys growing up—I loved 'em so much that I still remember them to this day. That's why it's so interesting to see the toys that kids give special attention to. They're going to remember it for life. Italian photographer Gabriele Galimberti's Toy Stories photography series show children from all over the world with their most prized possessions: dolls, stuffed animals, board games and... guns? Read More >>
Featured comment by dunksterp:
"I had one for my first computer! Was awesome! Had hundreds of games with it too because they were so easy to copy back then. Just get a dual deck tape..." More »
When you think about child labour, chances are your first thoughts aren't "Wow! Awesome!" And if they are, you're probably a monster. Perhaps the sole exception is if you're thinking of this video. Granted, this is dangerous, and no kid should be doing this, but damn if it isn't impressive how competent the little guy is. Read More >>
Featured comment by otaviokz:
"It was my dream (to be a bulldozer operator). Unfortunately my parents forced me to finish school and enter college and now I'm just a sad geek sittin..." More »
Back in 2010, a team of German doctors announced that they'd recorded the world's first MRI of a woman giving birth. Back then, only still images were available—but now the researchers have released the video, and it's spellbinding. Read More >>
Featured comment by Danjc2:
"After I saw the baby's skull take the shape of an extra-dimensional being from the fourth Indiana Jones, I was ready to let them cut that out. I was w..." More »
Skout, a fast-growing and free flirting app for iOS, has come under fire recently, after it was discovered that a third child was raped by a man posing as a teenager in the app's separate section for 13- to 17-year-olds. Read More >>
Featured comment by Glenbot3000:
"nah, like face unlock but maybe once every month it has to be re-authenticated with the pictures needing to match, otherwise they're flagged for moder..." More »
Medical imaging has become a routine part of assessing health problems over the last few decades. But a new study reveals that children who undergo CT head scans triple their risk of developing leukemia or a brain tumour. Read More >>
At only nine-years-old, Martha Payne might be the next great food critic. The adorable girl from Argyll in Scotland reviews her daily school lunches on her blog with a Food-o-meter rating scale; considerations for hair (ew!) and pictures galore. Read More >>
Technology is transforming the way kids play and learn. But this new sand box is a complete revelation: using Kinect to gather depth information it teaches kids about topography and can even simulate water without making a mess. Read More >>
While there are no shortage of studies that suggest adults are less able to recognise individuals of different races to themselves, the latest is actually interesting: babies as young as nine months old are better able to recognise faces and emotional expressions of people who belong to their race. Read More >>
David Attenborough narrating Planet Earth? Snooze. Okay, not really but he's definitely not as adorable as these kids narrating Planet Earth. You'll hear about cheeseburgers, watch a headphone struggle and see creative ways to pronounce 'David Attenborough'. Read More >>
Featured comment by flynndean:
"It's as though they didn't consider Discovery replacing Sir David Attenborough with Sigourney Weaver sacrilegious enough..." More »
While there's no shortage of child-friendly tablets, there's always been one sticking point: they're just a bit too expensive, given that they'll be dropped, slobbered on and generally abused. This Archos tablet, however, may well solve that problem. Read More >>
Back in the olden days of photography, big box cameras had slow-as-snails shutters, so it was nearly impossible to get kids to sit still for the duration of the long exposure. If they moved, the pictures would be blurry! So what was the old photog solution? Why let's have their mothers hide under blankets and blend into the background to comfort the kid! Read More >>
Well, this is possibly the most heartbreaking scene you'll see today. This amazing father and deployed military man made some pre-recorded bedtime stories for his 2-year-old daughter while he was away. And from the look of it, she can't tell. Read More >>
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