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Jersey School Holds Contest to Find Baby Who Looks Like Springsteen

This has to be the most Jersey thing that’s ever happened in the world. An “early childhood academy” (see: fancy preschool) in Freehold is holding […]

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Philadelphia Zoo Unveils Trails for Monkeys, Plans Trails for Bears, Cats and Hippos

On Thursday, the Philadelphia Zoo will unveil the first part of its plan to have one and a half miles of enclosed trails that will […]

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Little Girl Sends Phillies Ball Girl the Most Adorable Letter Ever

Thanks to Reddit, the world now knows that the most adorable letter ever written was sent by a 5-year-old Harleysville girl. The little girl sent […]

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Kids Too Young to Be Charged in Beating of Woman

A 7-year-old and a 9-year-old are suspects in the beating of a 51-year-old woman in Juniata Park. Under Pennsylvania law, the two kids are too […]

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Police Look for 7-Year-Old Suspect in a Philly Home Invasion Attack

Police say that three kids broke into a woman’s home in Juniata and beat her with ropes, sticks, a potted plant and a plunger before […]

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Teenage Plastic Surgery Won’t End Bullying

Earlier this week, CNN host Dr. Sanjay Gupta featured Nadia Ilse, a 14-year-old girl who received plastic surgery to stop bullying. Through the Little Baby […]

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Imagine if Your Kid Got Kicked Out of the Olympics

Like many of you, I’ve been watching the Olympics the past few days. This time around, however, I seem to have a focused interest on […]

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VIDEO: Bucks County Teen Kills It in a Snuggie Version of Beyoncé’s “Countdown”

Ton Do-Nguyen is a 16-year-old student at Neshaminy High School. He used the Antoine Dodson meme to help himself win his class presidency and, now, […]

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Your Child Is Probably a Thief

My nephew Patrick was down at our Shore place over the weekend. I own a small abode in Ocean City with my brother and sister-in-law, […]

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“Special Needs” Kid or Threatening Troublemaker?

It’s a knee-jerk culture we live in, especially with media. See a headline, react. Click on a link, cue outrage. That was my response when […]

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Seventeen Magazine Promises Real Photos of Real Girls

Seventeen magazine recently announced that it would stop using Photoshopped images. In its August edition, it stated in its “Body Peace Treaty,” “We vow to […]

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Michelle Obama Is Coming to Philly So That Mayor Nutter Can Help Her Remind You That Your Kids Are Fat

FLOTUS will be in town to make an announcement with Mayor Nutter on Wednesday. The announcement—scheduled for just before noon at the Lenfest Police Athletic […]

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Today’s Overprotected Kids Are Tomorrow’s Nightmare Employees

Have you ever been to a tee-ball game? Scooping out your own eyeballs with a plastic spoon by the end of whatever they’re calling the […]

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Should I Let My 6-Year-Old Watch Star Wars?

When I was a kid, my parents didn’t let me watch Miami Vice. And when I became a teenager, capable of staying up until all […]

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High-Tech Spying Parents Force Kids to Get Sneakier

As an only child born in the 1990s, I’m well aware of so-called “helicopter parents,” or parents who become overly involved in the lives of […]