children
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Here’s How Long It’d Take You To Poop A Lego
Pediatricians in the UK have finally answered one of life’s grand riddles: Just how long would it take for a Lego toy accidentally swallowed by someone to gracefully make its way back out?
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Toddlers And Chimpanzees Share A Surprising Unspoken Language
Prior to developing the capacity for speech, toddlers communicate their desires, demands and discontent using a diverse repertoire of physical gestures. As a new study shows, there’s a significant amount of overlap between the gestures employed by human children and those made by other ape species, a finding that’s casting new light on the origin…
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Smartphones And Tablets Might Be Hurting Kids’ Hearing, But No One Knows For Sure
Most of us know that spending too much time at loud rock concerts can be bad for our hearing later on. But a new study published last week in JAMA Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery suggests that kids as young as nine can be at risk of hearing loss from an unexpected source: Their…
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Netflix’s Collectible ‘Patches’ Could Train Kids To Binge, Children’s Safety Group Warns
Netflix’s latest A/B test is drawing criticism from child advocacy groups.