To start your week with a smile, here’s some kids and their pets. Ah, the joys of innocence . . . Peter
Tag: Children
Fathers, babies and diaper surprises . . .
It seems that some fathers just aren’t up to the job, as this video clip demonstrates. I love the guy in the full Hazmat suit! Peter
Online danger to teens
The Daily Mail has a very sobering article about an investigator who posed as a 14-year-old girl, established a profile on an Internet social networking site, and then monitored the traffic she received. As you can imagine, it wasn’t savory . . . What gets me is the sheer gall of some of the men… Continue reading Online danger to teens
The most unfortunate names?
The BBC provides a selection. What do you call some of the most unlucky people in Britain? Justin Case, Barb Dwyer and Stan Still. It sounds like a bad joke, but a study has revealed that there really are unfortunate people with those names in the UK. Joining them on the list are Terry Bull,… Continue reading The most unfortunate names?
The electronic life?
A new study from the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that modern teenagers – at least, those in the USA – are spending almost all their time electronically connected in one way or another. The New York Times reports: The average young American now spends practically every waking minute — except for the time in school… Continue reading The electronic life?
This makes me furious!
It seems a pediatrician was also a pedophile. If you’re a serial child rapist, there’s likely no better cover than operating your own pediatrics practice. According to police, that’s how Dr. Earl B. Bradley found his victims, raping kids as young as 6-months-old while filming it all with covert cameras. It seems Bradley was a… Continue reading This makes me furious!
Would you believe that babies cry in different accents?
I’m amazed at a recent report. Newborn babies cry with regional ‘accents’ copied from their mothers, researchers have shown. An astonishing new study found that the screams of a five-day-old French baby have a distinct Gallic twang, while German babies have a Teutonic quality to their yells. The discovery suggests that babies are eavesdropping on… Continue reading Would you believe that babies cry in different accents?
The reality of losing a child
There’s a heartrending story on MSNBC about the death of a young child from cancer, and her parents’ efforts to give her the best and most meaningful life they could during her dying, and their experience of her loss. It brought me to tears, and I think it may be very valuable in helping others… Continue reading The reality of losing a child
Feral kids and the problems they pose
The Daily Mail is running a series of articles on feral kids in Britain and the problems they pose in terms of crime, anti-social behavior, etc. Two have been published so far: Feral youths: How a generation of violent, illiterate young men are living outside the boundaries of civilised society Machetes by the door, drugs… Continue reading Feral kids and the problems they pose
A pachyderm balancing act
To continue the animal theme (see post below), I was amused by an article in the Daily Mail. Apparently an elephant at Hamburg Zoo caught sight of a vegetable treat in the hands of a baby in its father’s arms, and decided to reach for it. It was a bit of a stretch, but he… Continue reading A pachyderm balancing act