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 qualified pilot just pops into his parents’ spare bedroom and takes the controls of his own flight simulator. [...]
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Schoolboy becomes qualified pilot after building flight simulator in his bedroom | Mail Online
Posted on 14 May 2012.
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Me and my school photo: Lesley Garrett remembers her Girl Guide days and being cast as Eliza Doolittle | Mail Online
Posted on 14 May 2012.
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 enjoyed most, especially if it involved getting together with the Scouts! The eldest of three girls, I [...]
Posted in Active Kids, At School, Hobbies, Media and Celebrity, Out and about, Youth Groups0 Comments
Rose Prince’s Baking Club: dairy-free lemon drizzle cake – Telegraph
Posted on 14 May 2012.
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 else will do. But for some, another type of fat must do. Lactose intolerance is not unusual, and those that suffer it [...]
Posted in Food and Diet, Hobbies, Time Out0 Comments
How Mexican teens are catching on to Japan’s love affair with ‘Lolita’ style | Mail Online
Posted on 07 May 2012.
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 cute, ‘nymphet’-inspired styles in high fashion magazines. However the Lolita style is influenced by clothing from the grand, but [...]
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Traditional boys’ hobbies survive video game assault as youngsters say riding a bike ride or park kickabout is among their favourite things | Mail Online
Posted on 04 May 2012.
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 collecting things all ranked highly in a list of boys’ favourite leisure time activities. Similar pastimes were named by parents who were asked [...]
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Venus Palermo: The truth about 15-year-old human Barbie from South London | Mail Online
Posted on 29 April 2012.
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 either side of the ruffled collar of her Victoriana blouse. You could be forgiven for thinking you are looking at a life-size [...]
‘Facial beauty is the most important thing in life’: Eight-year-old pageant queen’s shocking opinion in latest Toddlers & Tiaras
Posted on 26 April 2012.
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 the TLC reality series, a little girl named Daisey Mae from Camden, Indiana, is shown telling the camera that children are at a [...]
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A bit ‘board’ of tradition are we? How one high school senior fashioned a prom gown from corrugated cardboard, glue and glitter
Posted on 26 April 2012.
Project Runway designers aspiring for fame and recognition have laboured over designs like this one for but for one high school senior, making a prom dress of cardboard was nothing more than a personal challenge. Maura Pozek, 17, from Reeds Spring, Missouri, went to her prom this year in a frock she had fashioned from corrugated [...]
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Toddlers & Tiaras mom Wendy Dickey boasts: ‘The Pretty Woman costume got her name out there’ | Mail Online
Posted on 21 April 2012.
The mother who dressed her three-year-old daughter as a prostitute for a beauty pageant last year has expressed pride over the controversial outfit choice. Wendy Dickey from Georgia, who dressed her daughter Paisley as a Julia Roberts-inspired character for a beauty pageant featured in the TLC series Toddlers & Tiaras, has reappeared in the series [...]
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Girl mechanic re-built a Fiero sports car from scrap | Mail Online
Posted on 20 April 2012.
While most girls her age obsess over Justin Bieber, teenager Kathryn Dimara is more riveted with cars. The 14-year-old from Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, has spent the last two years rebuilding a Pontiac Fiero from scrap. Kathryn used her her pocket money from babysitting to buy the vehicle, which she hopes to complete in time for her 16th [...]
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Draw Something goes back to school with iCrayon – Telegraph
Posted on 20 April 2012.
Draw Something, an online version of Pictionary, has had more than 50 million downloads on iPad, iPhone and Android and has held the top spot in the iTunes app store for the five weeks. Manufacturers are now trying to cash in on the popularity of the app, with one company releasing a retro stylus [...]
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Teen in Miss England finals after fans she met on street persuade her to enter | Mail Online
Posted on 20 April 2012.
When teenager Lena Walker took to the streets busking to raise money for charity, it wasn’t just her music that attracted attention. Scores of people also complimented her on her good-looks and encouraged her to enter the Miss England competition, which is being held in her home city of Leicester this year. The beauty competition [...]
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Beekeeping: a hive of activity for the young – Telegraph
Posted on 17 April 2012.
Beekeeping: a hive of activity for the young In deepest Islington, a ‘Buzz Club’ is attracting children to beekeeping. Image 1 of 2 Busy volunteers: Louise Adoni (14) and 13-year-old Billy Dykes are fully kitted up as they prepare to enter the European-style mobile apiary at Freightliners Farm Photo: MARTIN POPE By Jake Wallis Simons6:18PM BST 16 Apr [...]
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School music under threat | The Guardian
Posted on 17 April 2012.
School music under threat Cutbacks and the back-door privatisation of services are putting children’s musical education at risk Primary school children making music in Tower Hamlets where the music service aims to give all children, regardless of their family income, the opportunity to learn an instrument. Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian It’s a weekday [...]
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Rosanna Ogden: Extraordinary recovery of heart-surgery toddler who’s a natural in the pool | Mail Online
Posted on 17 April 2012.
After Rosanna Ogden had open heart surgery at only six weeks old, her parents were told that physical activity could help her recovery. It was then they discovered they had a water baby on their hands. Only ten weeks after the operation, her mother Sanam took her to a swimming session for infants. ‘She is [...]
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Tiny hand-drawn children’s book from Queen Mary’s doll’s house to be published in human size | Mail Online
Posted on 17 April 2012.
A tiny children’s book created for a royal doll’s house is to be published in human scale. With pages scarcely bigger than a postage stamp and intricate drawings by a celebrated cartoonist, the miniature volume is a prized object in the Royal Collection. But from next month youngsters everywhere will have the chance to read the [...]
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Apple under fire over children’s app bills – Telegraph
Posted on 17 April 2012.
Apple faces a lawsuit from American parents angry at large bills run up by their children via iPhone and iPad apps. The group was granted permission to go ahead with the class action claim by a federal judge, who rejected Apple’s call for the case to be dismissed. It surrounds in-app purchasing, whereby users buy virtual [...]
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Spot on! The artist who lets children cover white room with colourful stickers | Mail Online
Posted on 05 January 2012.
This is what happens when children are given thousands of coloured stickers and a totally white room all to themselves – plus a free reign to express themselves. Before the kids descended on this all-white lounge the living room looked like a minimalist’s dream pad. Afterwards barely a spec of white remained. But this is [...]
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My childhood as a pioneering programmer
Posted on 04 December 2011.
Adrian Michaels describes his childhood as a pioneering computer programmer.
Nine year-old art prodigy Kieron Williamson nets £100,000 in 10 minutes
Posted on 13 November 2011.
A nine year-old artist celebrated with a Chinese takeaway after a sale of 33 of his paintings earned him £100,000.
Video gaming children ‘more creative’
Posted on 05 November 2011.
Children who play video games are more creative than those who don’t, according to a new study.
‘Chelsea Tractor’ gets a green tinge
Posted on 28 October 2011.
The new Range Rover Evoque is being marketed as the perfect vehicle for the school run and the weekend in the country. But how green is it?
Parents ‘filling their children’s lives with hobbies’
Posted on 30 July 2011.
Parents are filling their children’s time with more sports and arts activities than ever, raising fears that families are spending less time together than in previous generations.
Outrage as girls as young as SEVEN are given pole dancing lessons – and pictures are posted on gym’s Facebook page
Posted on 27 July 2011.
Girls as young as seven are being offered pole dancing lessons at a gym – and pictures of their moves have been posted on Facebook.
King of the skies
Posted on 23 July 2011.
The nine-year-old who became the world’s youngest solo hot-air balloon pilot… despite his fear of heights
Computers are ‘wrecking children’s reading skills as they abandon library books’
Posted on 25 May 2011.
Book borrowing from libraries has fallen as computer use has increased
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Watch: five-year-old posts beauty tutorials on YouTube
Posted on 19 May 2011.
Watch: five-year-old posts beauty tutorials on YouTube
Posted in Hobbies, Internet Kids, Media and Celebrity, ParentsComments Off
Skin a rabbit, deliver a lamb and dance the eightsome reel
Posted on 12 May 2011.
What young people should know before they leave school
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Giving students an opportunity to grow veg
Posted on 04 February 2011.
Not many teenagers list gardening high among their hobbies, but quite a few, given the chance, might choose horticulture as a career.
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Come back virtual Barbie, all is forgiven
Posted on 09 September 2010.
Come back virtual Barbie, all is forgiven
Posted in Family, Hobbies, Homework, Internet Kids, ParentsComments Off
Girl, 5, airlifted after 100ft cliff fall near Barmouth
Posted on 21 August 2010.
Girl, 5, airlifted after 100ft cliff fall near Barmouth
Posted in Childhood illnesses, Family, Hobbies, Internet Kids, ParentsComments Off
Don’t give up the day job!
Posted on 08 August 2010.
Don’t give up the day job!
Posted in Hobbies, Internet Kids, Music, Dance and Drama, ParentsComments Off
The Jake and Dinos Chapman Colouring Competition
Posted on 05 August 2010.
The Jake and Dinos Chapman Colouring Competition
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Staying in education for longer staves off dementia
Posted on 28 July 2010.
Staying in education for longer staves off dementia
Posted in Family Health, Hobbies, Internet Kids, ParentsComments Off
Fire damages pupils’ art at Harlech station
Posted on 27 July 2010.
Fire damages pupils’ art at Harlech station
Posted in Hobbies, Internet Kids, ParentsComments Off
Growing trend of social networking sites for children
Posted on 19 July 2010.
Growing trend of social networking sites for children
Posted in Hobbies, Internet Kids, Media and Celebrity, Parents, Tweens and TeensComments Off
Children’s outdoor party food: Survival tactics
Posted on 10 July 2010.
Children’s outdoor party food: Survival tactics
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If camping is so tough, why do we like it so much?
Posted on 10 July 2010.
If camping is so tough, why do we like it so much?
Posted in Hobbies, Holiday and Travel, Internet Kids, Out and about, ParentsComments Off
Children paint insurance picture
Posted on 10 July 2010.
Children paint insurance picture
Posted in Finance, Hobbies, Internet Kids, Out and about, ParentsComments Off
Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4 video game review
Posted on 08 July 2010.
Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4 video game review
Posted in Hobbies, Internet Kids, Kids, Parents, Toys and Games, Tweens and TeensComments Off
Gardening is cool among young people
Posted on 07 July 2010.
Gardening is cool among young people
Posted in Garden and Outdoors, Green Parenting, Hobbies, Internet Kids, Out and about, ParentsComments Off
Four out of ten gamers are women
Posted on 20 June 2010.
Four out of ten gamers are women
Posted in Hobbies, Internet Kids, Parents, Toys and GamesComments Off
Nine-year-old wrestles alligator
Posted on 17 June 2010.
Nine-year-old wrestles alligator
Posted in Growing up, Hobbies, Internet Kids, Out and about, ParentsComments Off
Laser pointer damaged teen’s eyesight
Posted on 10 June 2010.
Laser pointer damaged teen’s eyesight
Posted in Family Health, Hobbies, Internet Kids, ParentsComments Off
The Lego and felt-tip pen printer that actually works
Posted on 07 June 2010.
The Lego and felt-tip pen printer that actually works
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We must help our children connect with nature
Posted on 03 June 2010.
We must help our children connect with nature
Posted in Divorce and children, Green Parenting, Hobbies, Internet Kids, Just for Dads, Obesity, Out and about, Parents1 Comment
Health in the future: breast cancer vaccine
Posted on 02 June 2010.
Health in the future: breast cancer vaccine
Posted in Family Health, Health, Hobbies, Internet Kids, Parents1 Comment
First Person: A fashion critic, four years old
Posted on 18 May 2010.
My grandmother’s arthritis begins to play up when we are less than halfway to school and she accosts a passing woman who has her own four-year-old in tow. Would they mind awfully?
Posted in Grandparents, Growing up, Hobbies, Twins and multiplesComments Off
Hey, what’s that sound: children’s choirs and kids singing
Posted on 12 April 2010.
What is it? Children! Singing! Er, obviously. Singing kids have surfaced in one-off singles by many bands since Pink Floyd’s 1979 youth-refusenik anthem Another Brick in the Wall Part II.
Posted in Growing up, Hobbies1 Comment
Concerns over increase in rickets among ethnic groups
Posted on 18 March 2010.
Doctors are warning of a continuing rise in rickets with hundreds of children developing the condition every year.
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