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#487524 added February 12, 2007 at 6:25pm
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Kids do the darnedest things!
We'll start with a little genuine tragedy. Kids, if you're reading this: don't go on the ice. I did it regularly as a kid, and look what happened to me.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17112632/

Next, a news flash: Just because your kids might be offended by it is no reason to use "child slang" for it.

http://www.news4jax.com/news/10965683/detail.html

Sometimes protection just goes too far:

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0212notag0208.html

And sometimes we need to be protected from THEM:

http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/0212GirlArrested12-ON.html

and

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6354879.stm

But really, they can't possibly control themselves:

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=83904

Unless, of course, they live in Monrovia (and this time, I have to say: don't click this link if you're easily squicked out. This is almost as bad as the "art" one a while back. Some would say worse. You won't know unless you click for yourself)

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/02/12/child.soldiers/index.html

Ladies and gentlemen, I present: The Future.

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