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Totally stark white room + kids + tons of colorful stickers = wonderful art. Click through for the before/after comparison. (buzzfeed)
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This is what I always say when people ask, “Do you guys want kids?” (Only one part of an ENORMOUS, AMAZING infographic at the ever-brilliant xkcd.)
Photo reblogged from Invisibility ON
God damn, Jonathan Hobin
This photo series is gorgeously inappropriate.
Children and teens in the United States spend an average of seven hours a day using television, computers, phones and other electronic devices for entertainment, compared to an average of three hours a day watching TV in 1999, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
From NPR, a list of 5 common parental worries that are extremely unlikely, and the top five risks for kids: the gap between the two is the source of much anguish, bad policy, and danger:
Based on surveys Barnes collected, the top five worries of parents are, in order:
1. Kidnapping
2. School snipers
3. Terrorists
4. Dangerous strangers
5. DrugsBut how do children really get hurt or killed?
1. Car accidents
2. Homicide (usually committed by a person who knows the child, not a stranger)
3. Abuse
4. Suicide
5. Drowning
