Admittedly, I did spend my childhood playing with explosives. But I certainly never had as much success as 10-year-old Clara Lazen (not pictured), who accidentally created a new energy storing molecule, tetranitratoxycarbon, that could be used as an explosive. More »
TNW has a great little anecdote today: a 10-year-old kid got lost inside a computer in the 1950s. That was the time when computers less powerful than your current phone were bigger than most homes. This is his story: More »
If you have aspirations of your bundle of joy being one day accepted at Harvard, winning a Nobel Prize or even exploring the stars, starting them off with baby rattles and pacifiers isn’t going to cut it. 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! More »
What is this, the 1990s? No, not really. The computer in question is one of the first from Raspberry Pi. It’s a tiny PC on a single circuit board — and the proceeds from its sale will help encourage kids to code. More »
It’s funny — when I was a kid there was a huge move away from realistic toy guns — and playing “guns” in general. Now apparently the pendulum has swung back: you can buy your kid a 15-inch toy baton and handcuffs for playing “FBI”. More »
I love it when old people try to understand the inner workings of the teenage brain. Like if they think hard enough they’ll figure out why little Amanda sneaks out at night. Please. Kids are kids! So parents, just understand that you’ll never understand the advanced and possibly unreal sexting terminology of your kids. More »
Babies are so adorable! And so very much trouble. They’re always hungry, often crying and never sleeping. But here’s a little secret: fatherhood can be a great excuse to gear up. Oh man. I’m totally lactating. More »
Lia Vega, a two-year-old girl, has been pretending to be a real-life superhero by cutely wearing a towel as a cape. Why? Because she saved her mum’s life by making a phone call no one knew she knew how to do. More »
