‘Facial beauty is the most important thing in life’: Eight-year-old pageant...
An eight-year-old child featured on Toddlers & Tiaras has been shown telling the camera she believes it is vital for youngsters to have beautiful faces. In a teaser clip from tonight’s episode of...
View ArticleVenus Palermo: The truth about 15-year-old human Barbie from South London |...
Porcelain pale, her enormous sky-blue eyes are framed by thick, dark lashes, and her mouth is as perfect as a rosebud. Her hair has been styled into tousled blonde bunches, which hang coquettishly...
View ArticleTraditional boys’ hobbies survive video game assault as youngsters say riding...
They may have the temptations of computer games, TV and the internet, but it seems children’s favourite hobbies haven’t changed much in a generation. Swimming, riding a bike, kicking a football and...
View ArticleHow Mexican teens are catching on to Japan’s love affair with ‘Lolita’ style...
The Japanese fashion subculture Lolita has made its way to Mexico, and the trend appears to be a hit. The trend Lolita is often associated with Vladimir Nabokov’s novel by the same name, referred to as...
View ArticleRose Prince’s Baking Club: dairy-free lemon drizzle cake – Telegraph
Being fortunate enough not to be intolerant of anything except horrible food, I realise the Baking Club thus far has been somewhat butter-centric. Butter is to cakes what grapes are to wine, little...
View ArticleMe and my school photo: Lesley Garrett remembers her Girl Guide days and...
This picture shows me as a Girl Guide aged about 11, shortly after I’d joined up. I loved the Guides (I’m still a supporter) and rose to the heady heights of patrol leader. Camping was the bit I...
View ArticleSchoolboy becomes qualified pilot after building flight simulator in his...
He is not yet old enough to vote, but already Tom Hall can safely land an aeroplane at New York’s JFK Airport in a lightning storm. And when he feels like taking to the skies, Scotland’s youngest...
View ArticleChildren’s notebook: Retro toys – Telegraph
Take a deep breath, negotiate your way around the teenage, fancy-dressed Beefeaters and the Italian tourists taking photographs in the doorway, and be reassured that Hamleys is still London’s temple to...
View ArticleMeet the real Peter Pan: Long lost photo album shows snaps of author J M...
There are few fairy stories better loved or more often retold than J. M. Barrie’s classic about the boy who never grew up. Now a long-lost photo album featuring images of the holiday adventures of the...
View ArticleFormer ballet dancer used Earl Spencer to con 75 children into believing they...
A former English Ballet dancer who duped 75 devastated children into believing they would appear in the Olympics closing ceremony has been warned he faces jail. Stephen Moonesamy, 35, recruited the...
View ArticleThe spirit of Strawberry Studios inspires a new Stockport for the young | UK...
The high street has not been an especially inviting place for my generation. To say there’s something of a disconnect is a massive understatement. While Bangor might be making headlines at the moment...
View ArticleHey, presto! Record numbers of children signing up to Young Magicians Club –...
Children see magic because they look for it, it’s said, but more and more of them are determined to practise it as well. Once the preserve of men in tuxedos pulling rabbits from top hats, TV magic is...
View ArticleIndia’s ‘child Picasso’ puts on his goggles and takes aim at the canvas |...
“I want to do some painting,” said the small voice underneath the dining table. “But first I want to shoot someone.” Kapow! A green foam ball pinged out from beneath the tablecloth, shortly followed by...
View ArticleWhy we love Lego – leading psychologist reveals the ‘builder instinct’ is the...
With 62 pieces of Lego in the world for each one of us, a psychologist has given his take on what makes the toy so enduring. Jon Sutton, managing editor of The Psychologist, has written his own love...
View ArticleLondon 2012 Olympics: a huge Lego model of the Olympic Park – Telegraph
A man has spent 300 painstaking hours building a replica of the London 2012 Olympic Park out of Lego. Warren Elsmore used about 250,000 bricks to create the venues and structures including Anish...
View ArticleBBC News – Welsh male voice choirs struggle to attract young
Welsh male voice choirs say they are struggling to attract younger members despite the popularity of groups such as Only Boys Aloud and Only Men Aloud. Many say they are made up mainly of men in their...
View ArticlePint-sized schoolboy, 12, angles for a place in the record books as he lands...
A schoolboy who battled to pull in a fish that tipped the scales at almost twice his own weight hopes his catch has earned him a new record. Conor Smith, aged 12, who weighs 74kg, took half an hour to...
View ArticleNPR’s young adult novel poll: happiness and roars of rage | Books |...
Never mind that Harry Potter is, predictably, top of NPR’s poll of the best young adult novels. Or that The Hunger Games is, just as predictably, second. The reason I’m feeling great warmth towards the...
View ArticleJacqueline Wilson’s childhood picnics – Telegraph
Someone once said that food is a substitute for sex in children’s books. If that’s the case, then should we be looking at cosy Enid Blyton in a very different way? Flick through the pages of her many...
View ArticleThe Dandy: Britain’s oldest comic faces closure after 75 years as sales fall...
Britain’s oldest comic The Dandy is facing closure after 75 years. At its most popular between the 1950s and the 1980s, the adventures of cow pie-eating Desperate Dan and Korky the Cat sold two million...
View ArticleSussex Prairies: a masterclass in naturalistic-style planting – Telegraph
Pauline and Paul McBride have created an exciting six-acre garden near Henfield, in West Sussex, which they started in May 2008 from a field. Everything about it, and the way they have gone about it,...
View ArticleScrabble player caught cheating by hiding blank tiles – Telegraph
John D. Williams, Jr, executive director of the National Scrabble Association, said that a male player was ejected from the 350-player event in Round 24 of the 28-round event. The ploy was spotted by a...
View ArticleThe couch potato children who cannot throw or catch – Telegraph
Children who spend more than three-quarters of their time watching TV or playing video games have up to nine times worse coordination than their more active peers. A study of more than 200 children...
View ArticleBBC News –‘No decision’ on Dandy’s future
The publisher of Britain’s longest running comic has said no decision has been taken on whether it will cease publication. There has been speculation that The Dandy, home to characters such as...
View ArticleEnd for children’s comic The Dandy – Telegraph
The Dandy, one of the world’s longest-running children’s comics, will be printed for the last time later this year. DC Thomson, publisher of the comic that introduced Desperate Dan to the world, will...
View ArticleDoing it for Dad | Life and style | The Guardian
We should really sell Dad’s boat. She sits in a Cornish village, so near the sea that there’s salt on the breeze, but landlocked, constrained by scaffolding. He’ll never get her in the water now. For...
View ArticleA kiss for daddy, and then perhaps a scratch too far: Heartwarming pictures...
He is one of the world’s most dangerous predators. But meeting his newborn cub for the first time, this fearsome lion appears as gentle as a tabby cat. The heartwarming first encounter between the...
View ArticleSixth-formers treat yourself: read a book | Education | guardian.co.uk
When I see people my age frantically devouring Jane Eyre, I immediately think to myself, “literature student”. Let’s face it, they’re bound to be. Who in their right mind would labour through some...
View ArticleVideo: Schoolboy already a scooter whizz kid – Telegraph
An 11-year-old schoolboy has mastered extreme tricks, from backflips to 360 degree turns, riding on his kick scooter. Jamie Addison has only been riding a scooter for two years, yet his skills are...
View ArticleAre you taking the Mickey? Disney fanatic shares her bed with 400 cuddly...
Some married couples argue when one partner hogs the duvet. When David Rayner goes to bed, he has to fight for space with his wife Caroline’s 400 cuddly toys. Mrs Rayner, 27, began collecting Disney...
View ArticleYou’d have to be off your rocker to ride this! At 15ft, this rocking horse is...
You would need a head for heights – and a huge nursery – if you wanted to take this rocking horse home. At five metres high this rocking horse – named Bigger Bertie – is the largest of its kind in the...
View ArticleFlipping incredible: High-flying boy, 11, performs scooter stunts so...
Pictured flying high and upside-down in the middle of an audacious manoeuvre, he looks like an experienced stuntman. But the daring scooter rider in these photographs is actually an 11-year-old...
View ArticleNew Jersey Twinkles: Fascinating images lift the curtain on ruthless world of...
Facinating images have lifted the curtain on the little-known world of pre-teen professional cheerleading. The Twinkles, a group of agile eight to 12-year-olds, train almost every day in a bid to excel...
View ArticleTrainee physics teacher clinches UK Scrabble title with 158-point word | Mail...
A trainee physics teacher has been declared the best Scrabble player in the UK, after a gruelling Bank Holiday weekend showdown. Kevin McMahon, from Dublin, clinched the crown when he managed to...
View ArticleShooting stars: Young British photography talent is lining up to take on the...
The Olympic flame may have moved on, but one of the final events of the Cultural Olympiad is about to welcome another influx of driven, passionate young people from across the globe to our shores. More...
View ArticleMagazine warship that takes longer to build than the real thing – and costs...
If it took a year and ten months to build the warship Sovereign of the Seas in the 17th century, how long would it take to make a 1:84 scale model today? The answer, astonishingly, is two years and...
View ArticlePolish dog owners celebrate their love for Dachshunds in bizarre fancy dress...
While a parade of costumed-sausage dogs through a city centre is a spectacle in itself – one little participant stood out from the rest for his extra effort. The handicapped dog, who appeared to have...
View Article‘I never dreamt of being a ballerina …’: New Strictly judge Darcy Bussell...
Darcey Bussell is without a doubt Britain’s most famous ballerina. Before she retired in 2007 the elegant brunette had captivated audiences around the globe for twenty years, including 17 years spent...
View ArticlePhotographer takes inspiration from daughter, 7, to dress chicks in hats,...
They might be on the small side, but this troupe of tiny hat fans are probably the cutest ever animals to ever don headgear. The adorable batch of chicks were given a variety of hats for these...
View ArticleIslamic Green Lantern introduced by DC Comics | Books | guardian.co.uk
DC Comics introduced a new Green Lantern on Wednesday – a Muslim from Dearborn, Michigan, who leaves behind street racing to join an intergalactic police force. Simon Baz, the muscular protagonist in...
View ArticleParenting Hasn’t Changed in 5,000 Years [COMIC]
And without the 3G-connection upgrade, Dad says that tablet is essentially a very expensive brick. via Parenting Hasn’t Changed in 5,000 Years [COMIC]. » Inline Ad Purchase: Intext Link
View ArticleMiss Glitz Sparkle 2012: Ocean Orrey, 4, strutted down a catwalk to win one...
Cleansed of mascara, eyeshadow, lipstick and the body glitter used by her mother to make her tender young skin sparkle, Ocean Orrey looks like any other little girl. Yet a shiny pink sash hanging in...
View ArticleFrom boy to man in seven minutes: Photographer takes a picture of himself...
Nobody could ever say that Noah Kalina isn’t committed. Since the age of 19, the New York photographer has taken a photograph of himself every day for 12-and-a-half years. He began the Everyday project...
View ArticleTeenager floats £30 camera into space to capture curvature of Earth – Telegraph
They look like they could be the latest images taken from a multi-million pound NASA satellite but these stunning snaps were actually taken from a £30 camera bought off eBay by a teenager. Adam...
View ArticleStay Connected on Family iBoard, the Social Network for Families
Name: Family iBoard Quick Pitch: Family iBoard is your private family social network. Genius Idea: A private, secure social network for families to communicate and stay connected with each other...
View ArticleGrandfather’s shock after growing 21-inch cucumber | Mail Online
When Gordon Spence planted a few cucumber seeds, he was envisaging being able to use the home-grown produce to make a bit of salad for himself and his wife to enjoy. But the 86-year-old, from...
View ArticleCharlie Higson: why would kids read books if their parents never do? – Telegraph
Charlie Higson, writer of the Young Bond spy series and The Enemy zombie saga, says parents should look at their own reading habits if their offspring rarely pick up a book. His suggestion follows a...
View ArticleIt’s the Gran Prix: Pensioners with a combined age of 158 become Britain’s...
Forget the slippers and the pipe. These two pensioners have no intention of slowing down as they become Britain’s oldest stunt riders at the combined age of 158. And actors Seb Craig and Patricia Kane...
View ArticleThe Children’s Eyes On Earth International Youth Photography Contest 2012 –...
Thousands of young photographers from across the globe have submitted their images to The Children’s Eyes On Earth International Youth Photography Contest 2012. Now the public have the chance to give...
View ArticleWH Smith bans children from buying shooting magazines
It is a sport enjoyed by thousands of children, and one which gained Britain a gold medal at the Olympics. But children have been banned from buying shooting hobby magazines by Britain’s biggest...
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