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 »
Videos of semi-terrified kids having their teeth yanked by others in crazy ways are more common than you think. More »
Though it looks the part, this stool isn’t a training potty — but it will take the piss out of your kids. It’s actually a giant sand timer designed for time outs, sequestering rowdy ruffians for a calming five minutes. More »
You know what kids don’t deserve? Free pudding. And you know why? Because they’re too damn eager. Puppy dog eyes may work on spineless parents, but they’re not gonna move Kraft’s stone hearted sample dispenser. More »
If you don’t have kids, there are probably knives, prescriptions drugs, poison, and electronics lying everywhere. But now the family is coming to visit with something that could destroy everything you love: Children. 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 »
