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When 9-year-old Nicholas Aarsvold found some discarded firewood, he decided it would be perfect to build a fort with. On his mother's instruction, he built the structure in front of their Austin, Texas, home, but in a spot that was mostly obstructed from the road. However that wasn't enough for the Summerwood Homeowners Association, who voted to fine Ramona Aarsvold unless she dismantled her son's

Science is amazing. Physics is pretty neat too. Swinging on a swing in the park beats both of those subjects if you ask me. Now, if there was a way to combine swinging,science and physics you would have my attention. Voila! This is the waterfall swing...

I'm always amazed at what comes out of my 5 year old's mouth. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad. This, however, is all the way good! Watch this video as a young 5 year old boy goes down a mountain bike trail for the first time.His commentary is absolutely fantastic...

So your kids are back in school, which is great for you, considering you now have some peace and quiet around the house. You've bought them new pens and notebooks, and sent them on their way. Here's hoping that this year is a great one! You're sure your kids will excel in school this year, and the best way to make sure that'll happen is by attending Parent-Teacher Night. Unfortunately, this is ext

From the "Why did you think this was ok?" department comes this picture out of Arizona State showing some grown men helping what looks to be a 2 or 3 year old do a keg stand.

This just goes to show you there is no limit to a father's love and a child's imagination. A toy train travels into outer space, a ride that will make your heart smile.

Explosions and ping pong balls, now that is what I call science! This is the kind of thing that would keep me coming to class and paying attention all year long.

We do not know anyone that believes it would be cool to eventually grow up to have heart disease, lung cancer or emphysema. Yet, a new study suggests that popular students are smoking more cigarettes than those less popular, putting the the "cool kids" at a higher risk for developing health problems.

Some of us can remember a time when losing a tooth meant that we might find some spare change underneath our pillows the following morning. However, according to a recent survey by credit card company Visa, the days of a fallen chomper being worth chump change are long gone.

The members of Sugarland got the chance to make a young girl’s life brighter at a recent tour stop in Minnesota. Singer Jennifer Nettles and singer-songwriter Kristian Bush were performing at the Mystic Lake Casino Hotel on Aug. 8 when they were joined onstage by a very special guest — a 4-year-old cancer patient named Avery.

Many moms today are cursed with having to put in more hours at the office to feed the kids, but a new study suggests that those moms working full-time time jobs to put food on the table are actually not paying close enough attention to their children’s dietary and fitness requirements.

Kids in their amazing world of complete innocence have absolutely no filter. They will state the truth and those that are near are left to deal with the aftermath.They have even made TV shows based on this premise.

Some parents are under the illusion that just because they give their little curtain climbers juice instead of bouncing them off the walls with soda that they are somehow providing them with a lesser evil.

When your kids go back to school, it’s almost like you go back to school, too. Teachers and childhood development professionals agree that when a child’s parents are involved in his education, he learns more and gets better grades. That means, you have just as big a responsibility in his schoolwork as he does.

You might find this video to be very disturbing and I hope it disturbs you so much that you get off your apathetic backside and go check the history on your child's computer. I hope it motivates you to check their cellphone and text messages just to be sure.

Laying the groundwork for a successful future should be reason enough for children to go to school — but for some districts with poor attendance rates, they’ve had to sweeten the pot.

A 12-year-old boy in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas area who is six feet tall and weighs 300 pounds is being denied the opportunity to play football with his friends, thanks to his size.

If you regularly hear your toddler snoring at night you should be prepared for a host of other types of disturbances during their waking hours.

It can be a pain to travel with kids. It’s one thing when it’s your own rugrat bopping around in their seat and harassing you about arrival times and quite another when the little rascal belongs to someone else.

We already know texting while driving is bad, but new research seems to indicate that even before kids are old enough to get behind the wheel, texting might have another downfall: it’s making their grammar worse.