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There is a growing concern on how youngsters can easily create multiple accounts on social media that will allow them to speak to strangers. Since parents are preoccupied with the sexual dangers associated with it, they never ask a very important question: why? According to danah boyd, author of I t’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens , parents should be concerned with why their...

American photographer Jessica Storm first started taking pictures of babies in a NICU when she was a volunteer with Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep, a nonprofit organisation that takes pictures of babies in hospital. Jessica said that mums often miss out on taking pictures of their tiny infants when they are first born as they are too concerned about their health, which is where she comes in. Talking...

Children love snow especially when it gets so bad out that it requires a day off school. Unfortunately, as this video shows, the unexpected day off can be a nightmare for most mums. Although resorting to alcohol may be a little extreme.

Many people don’t realise that serious clinical depression is very different to having the occasional ‘blues.’ It is a condition that will affect one in six people at some stage in their lives and make it harder for them to cope with daily struggles. But, new research showed that depression is a condition that could be prevented in boys by looking at saliva samples. UK researchers found that...

Comedian Tommy Riles wrote a letter to his daughter’s future Valentine. While it may be a long time before the three-year-old is going on any dates, the letter is a future warning to anyone who wants to take Babs out. Good luck to the guy this little girl brings home in a few years. Dear ______________ I’m not going to threaten you. I’m not going to try to scare you away. I’m not going to...

A Mississippi mother who was expecting to give birth to three little girls had the shock of her life when she ended up giving birth to one extra baby. As incredible as it is, the fourth and unexpected child had managed to hide during all the ultra sounds the 42-year-old woman underwent while pregnant. The four girls arrived 13 weeks earlier than expected and despite being premature, the girls...

This little girl begged her dad to take her for a spin in his Nissan GT-R and when he does her reaction is simply priceless. But the youngster is on strict instructions not to tell her mum.

North Carolina is currently experiencing heavy snowfall and a school in the Raleigh Durham area decided it was best not to open the next day. However, rather than just sticking to the usual text to let the kids know, the principal and deputy chose a more impressive way to announce the snow day. The pupils are pretty lucky to have a principal like this....

While dining at a Chinese restaurant, parents of a young boy received a pretty complimentary note from a stranger. Another brother shared the message on Reddit and wrote: “I'm not sure what my younger brother did, but he needs to keep it up.” The eldest son prides the little boy’s manners on being homeschooled and how his parents raised them. Mum and dad are obviously doing something right....

Book Buddies is a program run by the Animal Rescue League in Pennsylvania where kids read to the shelter’s resident cats. The scheme allows children aged between six and 13 to improve their reading skills while the cats also benefit from the "rhythmic sound of a voice" which they find "very comforting and soothing". Book Buddies has proved popular among mothers with one saying: “I believe it...