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more about #children Odin: Well the thing about bikes is a good one will last years and unlike gadgetry doesn't become (particularly) outdated. more » ElTouretto: One of my good friends has an "accident" brother who is around 12. He says that he can barely ride a bike. I'm sorry but their is definitely somethin... more » Alfisted: Fortunately, President Obama knows what is best for everyone and will be using taxpayer dollars to buy them all bicycles, which he will order GM to bu... more » Jux: I bought a Trek a while back, but never really used it so I sold it to a guy who had gotten his third DUI and used the money to buy the laptop I'm typ... more » GuyWithDogs: If Apple made a bike, though ... more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: These darn kids today. They've got it too easy. We need to ship the lot of them overseas. Let 'em work in a sweatshop factory for a month and they'... more » slater: Every year I go to the mall and pick a name off of the tree to give gifts to underprivileged kids. Usually it just says something like "Timmy - Age 8 ... more » UltimateIdiot - Imperfection at Best: I'm sorry but I think kids are too spoil these days. This only encourage them to be lazy and for the most part, many parents don't monitor their kid's... more » nutbastard: President Obama visited a Boys and Girls club today, playing the part of Santa. Among the decor were 4 very large bowls of kool-aid, which the childre... more » Kaiser-Machead: That's when you tell the little urchins that Santa will scramble their playlists and ID3 tags, take away their text plans, and only give them EDGE eve... more » spannu: Just wait until they discover the world of high-tech bikes; he'll wish he'd never brought it up. more » reefer: I decided at a very young age that climbing up my fathers marble desk using the drawers as stairs was a good idea. 14-stitches later, no real damage ... more » Ryanraven: I had a big ole CRT fall on me as a child. No injuries other than being crushed for a bit though. it was football weekend and I was "blockin the damn ... more » SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!: My brother was almost cut in half because of an old 14" CRT and an instable shelf. more » UnderLoK: I have two friends that did the same thing as kids. One of them broke his arm, but my other buddy wasn't so lucky. The TV landed on his face, crushed ... more » touchitgently: If you are dumb enough to get killed by a television, you deserve to die. It's called natural selection.... more » infmom: My son, then age 2, figured out that if he pulled out the drawers on his dresser he could climb up them like stairs. Thank goodness the lowest drawer... more » Purple Dave: I'm kinda surprised to hear that this is happening with CRTs. I figured it would be much more likely that flatpanel TVs that were either wall-mounted... more » TonyWonder: bud i'm glad you're okay and i sure-as-shit hope you went office space one that tv when you got older.... more » eiffeltowerofdeath: I've been a furniture designer for over 10 years now. This is the sort of accident I have at the forefront of my mind when designing TV stands, chest... more » -
#christmas
Nation's Children Tell President Obama They Want Tech, not Bikes
President Obama visited a Boys and Girls Club and played the part of Santa, asking the kids what they want for Christmas—but instead of hearing traditional requests for bikes, the kids all wanted iPods, phones and other tech. More » -
#killertvs
How a TV Opened My Scalp Like a Banana Peel
Yesterday I published an article on how kids are dying because of old CRT TVs falling onto them. Today, reader Russell Warren sent to us this scary photo, and the terrifying story about how a Magnavox set almost killed him: More » -
#killertvs
Number of Kids Dying Under TVs Increasing as Flat TV Sales Go Up
Once upon a time—when I was a little kid playing in the small living room where my siblings and I played Lego—we almost died. Our huge ITT color TV tried to kill us with all its wood-paneled power. More » -
#iphone
Once Upon a Time, a Book and an iPhone Met...
If I ever have kids, odds are that they'll turn out to be gadget-obsessed bookworms. But even if they don't, we'd probably spend a few afternoons flipping through these interactive iPhone-powered picture books together, giggling in delight at the stories. More » -
#unicef
UNICEF's Toy Soldiers To Help Real Kids
UNICEF's direct mail campaign has put a teary smile on my face. They're sending out baggies of what appear to be lil' plastic toy soldiers, but are actually playing children, reminders of young'ns forced into battle in Africa. More » -
#rant
Microsoft Wants You to Vote Which Children's Hospitals Will Be Denied the Ultimate Gameroom
Microsoft's "Ultimate Gameroom Giveaway" is charity turned into a gimmick as voters decide which Children's hospitals receive prize packages. I'm all for charity, but was it really necessary to guarantee a let down for kids in the 167 "losing" hospitals? More » -
#review
Toddler Review: Leapfrog Tag Junior Book Pal
Alas, I have no spawn of my own. So when LeapFrog mailed their new Tag Junior, a handheld device that reads special LeapFrog books to children, I had to call in the big guns for the review. Err...little guns. More » -
#toys
Lobotomized Cyclops Is Really No More Disturbing than a Sponge with Pants
In her late 30s, a woman will begin waking at night with visions of riding an open-skulled cyclops head. This otherwise adorable photo, uncovered in her parents' attic, will unlock the mystery shortly after her marriage goes to ruin. More » -
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#imagecache
Lithuanian Baby Racing Champion Mired In Performance-Enhancing Laptop Scandal
Kajus Aukščionis is quite possibly the fastest baby in the world. Sure, he's been training since he was five months old, but his real secret is much closer to our hearts. He loves laptops. More » -
#study
News Flash: TV Won't Make Your Baby Smarter, Idiots
You know what's the saddest thing about a study proving that television not good for small children? A bunch of Harvard researchers had to waste their time and funding to prove it. More » -
#cellphones
On Average, Children Get Cellphones at Age 8
According to a recent study by the charity Personal Finance Education Group, the average child gets a cellphone when they're 8-years-old. More » -
#adwatch
According to Samsung, Animals Use Smartphones in Strange Ways
Microsoft pulled at our heartstrings with adorable little girls, so Samsung went full-bore into the double dog dare of the advertising world. They released a commercial full of cute animals. More » -
#clips
The Japanese Giant Robot Show to End All Giant Robot Shows
If you thought that Voltron or Power Rangers was entertaining, wait until you see Engine Oh G12. Its robot is assembled from twelve different vehicles, including a shark car. More » -
#toys
LeapFrog Text & Learn: A Blackberry for Those Too Young Not to Swallow a Blackberry
You want the best for your child. And if your kid is to have a shot at being Gordon Gekko or just the next world text messaging champ, they need start early. Real early. More » -
#japan
Canon Employees Urged to Go Home Early and Boink
This just in: Canon is the world's greatest camera manufacturer. And it doesn't necessarily have anything to do with their actual cameras. More » -
#bunkbots
Huggable Plush Robots Teach Us Not to Fear the Future
Want to indoctrinate your kid into accepting our eventual robot-ruled world? Get them started on loving machines from an early age with these adorable plush robots. Just $9 per Bunk Bot at ThinkGeek. [ThinkGeek] -
#wtf
TV, Video Games and Bad Parenting Creating Generation of Dumb, Addicted Two-Year-Olds
We love HDTV and video games something fierce, but this news out of the U.K. is pretty rotten. Apparently, parents are allowing tots to watch so much TV that they're forgetting their own names. -
#heartwarmingbricks
Lego Helps Autistic Children to Develop Social Skills
Looks like our favorite bricks can help you do more than building giant spaceships, fly away in planes, or get you married: Researchers have discovered Lego can help autistic children to develop social skills. -
#kids
Why Kids Deserve Crappy Gadgets This Holiday
This may sound weird, but maybe the children—the future engineers, programmers and techs of our world—deserve crappy gadgets as presents this holiday.
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#mp3doll
Newsmy MP3 Dolls Could Be Your Kid's First Gadget
It's never too early to get your kid attached to gadgets—these adorable mp3 playing dolls read storybooks, play music and speak to your babies, providing them with affection when you're feeling lazy. More »
