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Disney Takes a Surprising Stand By Banning Junk Food Ads Aimed at Children
In an effort to promote healthier eating, the Walt Disney company said on Tuesday that it’s banning junk food ads on its TV channels, radio stations and websites intended for children — and first lady Michelle Obama has given the plan her stamp of approval.
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Have Diabetes Rates Among Teens Really Tripled?
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Wannabe Grandparents Go to Extremes By Paying to Have Daughters’ Eggs Frozen
Parents who nag their adult daughters about making them grandparents are often the bane of childless women everywhere.
But some are taking it a step further and paying to have their daughters’ eggs frozen for use later on.
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Should Young Children Be Allowed on Facebook? Mark Zuckerberg Says Yes
Facebook only allows people 13 and over to sign up for an account — but the social site’s founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, wants that to change.
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Chinese School Gives Honors Students the Cold Shoulder By Rewarding Them with Air Conditioning
At a school in China, hard work isn’t just rewarded with success — it’s rewarded with air conditioning, too.
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New Study Reveals Teens Are Smoking Less
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Students Won’t ‘Like’ This — Elementary School Threatens Expulsion If Kids Use Facebook
A while back, we told you about the Jewish girls’ school in Brooklyn that instituted a Facebook ban for its students, saying using the social media site violated its religious tenets.
Now an elementary school in Australia is following suit, but its demand that kids delete their Facebook pages has an entirely different reason: it’s an attempt to wipe out cyber-bullying.