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A Toddler Fell From the 10th Storyof This Building
It could have been a tragedy, but thanks to a quick acting passer-by, this tale has a much happier outcome.
In China, a two-year-old girl fell from her apartment window, falling ten stories. But as the young child dangling at the ledge, a passer-by spotted the toddler, threw off her heels and ran to the child’s rescue. The woman, a mother herself with a 7-month-old baby at home, saved the child’s life, but the two did not come out of the situation unscathed.
A three-year-old alcoholic? Really? Yup, it’s sad but apparently true.
In Britain they have diagnosed and made claim to their youngest alcoholic ever. And we’re not talking about a toddler who likes to have the occasional pint, this three-year-old child reportedly had a very real alcohol dependency. Continue reading »
Two dads, no mom
What do endangered species and same-sex couples have in common? Last week, scientists reported findings in the journal Biology of Reproduction that could have implications for both down the line — creating a baby with genetic information from two dads and no mom.
The study, led by scientists at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Texas, produced mouse babies using genetic material from two male mice, eliminating the mouse mom DNA. The babies even grew up normally and went on to mate themselves and produce healthy babies. Here’s how it worked, and what it could mean for the future of reproductive biology: Continue reading »
Do you help watch your friends or neighbors kids? If you do, you may want to think again. Well, if you live in West Michigan that is. A woman there is apparently being threatened with fines and the potential of jail time for babysitting her neighbor’s three children. Continue reading »
Yes times are tough. Money for basic neccessaties can be hard to come by. But trading you child for a tank of gas? That ain’t just tacky but totally terrible. Continue reading »
Forget what you learned in Sex-ed 101. Apparently you can indeed get pregnant while you are already knocked up. But it is something that is that’s rare. Freakishly rare. Continue reading »
I’ve heard some wacky stories about kids attempting to hide their grades. Some may say that the school stopped actually giving grades, or that the dog ate them or that their report card was the victim of spontaneous combustion. But an imaginative 11-year old Alaskan boy really spun a tall tall tale to hide his grades. Continue reading »
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