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The 26-year-old Philadelphia woman who lost custody of her daughter after being videoed falling asleep on the bus has responded to the public's criticism. Taking to her Facebook page to address her critics, she said: While the woman was not charged with any crime, the Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Philadelphia Police Department’s Special Victims Unit decided to remove the girl...

When Irina Popova started her assignment to photograph “feelings,” she didn’t realise it was going to spark outrage. At the time, Popova was a 21-year-old journalism student who ran into a young woman named Lilya, near St. Petersburg, Russia. Lilya was pushing her daughter Anfisa in a buggie and after taking some photographs of the two, Popova was invited back to their home, where she...

It looks like North Dakota’s best kept secret isn’t going to be a secret for much longer. Pharmacists from the Barrett Pharmacy in Watford City, might have found one of the most effective ways to combat childrens’ fear of under-the-bed monsters. Created by Jeff Dodds and his daughter Josslyn Dodds, the Monster Spray, is a prescribed solution that is said to vanquish bed monsters once and for...

After a video of a young girl trying to keep her drug addict mother awake went viral, an official investigation was launched. Although the 26-year-old woman was not charged with any crime, the Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Philadelphia Police Department’s Special Victims Unit decided to remove the girl from her mother’s custody. “While it is helpful that so many people emailed...

We all know that children are very good at making observations. This is particularly true when it comes to pointing out people’s flaws. But, is it possible that they can also make character judgements by simply looking at someone’s face? Researchers found that this might just be the case and that children as young as three can judge a person’s characters traits –like trustworthiness and...

After a trial overseas found that paying children to eat their vegetables doubled healthy living, a new proposed initiative would see Australian tots get paid 25 cents a day to eat their greens at school. The initiative doesn't come cheap - in order to pay all the pupils between the age of five and 14, 25c a day to eat their veggies, it would cost the government over $136 million However, not...

When her mum and dad suggested that three-year-old Emily cut her hair and donate it for cancer wigs, she didn't hesitate to help. Even after they explained she'd need to cut it very short and that it would be a long time before her hair reached the same length again, she still wanted to do it. Emily brought her Rapunzel doll along to her Uncle Mattew, who is a hairdresser, and they both...

The officers who were called to the scene of a shoplifting arrest in WalMart, were very surprised by what they found at the scene of the crime. The suspects left the scene without their two little tots and when the policemen saw the babies’ desperately needed a diaper change, their instinct kicked in. Here’s how the story unfolds:

With unrealistic portrayals from the media of what men and women should look like, a lot of girls feel pressured to look a certain way. However, a new doll created by Nickolay Lamm, was recently made, based on measurements of the average 19-year-old female in American. The Lammily doll, which was created to promote positive body image in girls, is slightly bigger than a regular Barbie doll and has...

Former US President Bill Clinton has been reunited with the Ugandan boy he held in his arms 16 years ago. While visiting the country during his presidency in 1998, he met the baby boy who had been named after him due to the fact he was born in the same month that the US president visited Uganda. Master Bill Clinton Kaligani is now a teenager studying to become a doctor and was really excited to...