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Bringing the Fun Back to Childhood
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JL
- 2 days ago - kaboom.org
When six-year-old Jadon Gotay (now seven) was given a class project to help a nonprofit, he knew he wanted to help an organization that did "fun things for kids."
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Meet a Little Girl and Boy Who Have Grown Up Alongside Cheetahs - PawNation
Offbeat  (tags: wildlife, children, pets, cheetahs, pictures, south africa )

BarbKnigh
- 6 days ago - pawnation.com
Siblings can always be a little crazy, but these ones are truly wild. According to the Daily Mail U.K., a litte boy and girl from South Africa have grown up with two cheetahs as part of their family.
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Take Action/Video:Student Freaks Out In Front Of His Class And Says What We're All Thinking About Our Education System
Offbeat  (tags: abuse, americans, children, corruption, culture, dishonesty, education, ethics, government, interesting, sadness, society, rights, usa, unusual, ethics )

JL
- 6 days ago - upworthy.com
Duncanville High School student Jeff Bliss got in trouble in class for talking out of turn. What was he talking about? Basically everything that's wrong with our education system today. It's a mic-droppingly epic speech.
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Video:Service Warriors: Students Collect More Than 1,300 Pieces of Trash
Offbeat  (tags: conservation, environment, GoodNews, nature, humans, oceans, pollution, protection, Sustainabililty, water, wildlife, society, culture, interesting, children )

JL
- 13 days ago - blog.oceanconservancy.org
Cleaning up the ocean starts in your own backyard! Watch this video and see how local students are working with Ocean Conservancy to help keep our ocean healthy.
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8 Ways Kids and Cats Are Surprisingly Similar
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, protection, pets, children, cats )

Cher
- 17 days ago - catster.com
They're both total poop machines, and they want a bite of whatever we're eating, for starters.
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Video:Young Child Dies In Tragic Accident At The Mall. No Wait, Hero Appears Out Of Nowhere And Saves Him.
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, society, protection, safety, children, ethics, humans, odd, news )

JL
- 20 days ago - upworthy.com
This video would be too terrifying to watch without knowing the ending, so here you go: A random stranger saves the child's life.
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The Man in the Cowboy Hat: Meet Carlos Arredondo, a Hero of the Boston Bombings
Offbeat  (tags: activists, americans, culture, crime, children, ethics, freedoms, humans, media, rights, sadness, safety, society, violence, usa, philanthropy, unusual, news, interesting, goodnews )

JL
- 28 days ago - motherjones.com
One of the responders in the photograph--the man in the cowboy hat--has been identified as Carlos Arredondo, a Costa Rican immigrant (originally undocumented) whose Marine son died in action in Iraq in 2004.
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Earth Day Games
Offbeat  (tags: children, off-beat, society, technology, unusual, funny, animals, pictures, protection, wildlife, environment )

JL
- 32 days ago - pbskids.org
brought to you by PBS Kids
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What Does Love Look Like? For Photographer Andy Prokh, It's His Daughter and Her Cat
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Cher
- 33 days ago - catster.com
His photos capture the tenderness and joy that exists between a young girl and her feline friend.
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Video:A Terrified Child Genius Saves His Own Life With Engineering Skills
Offbeat  (tags: abuse, child, children, ethics, family, freedoms, violence, society, safety, sadness, rights, unusual, protection, safety, interesting )

JL
- 33 days ago - upworthy.com
Children are incredibly vulnerable creatures, and growing up is a struggle even at the best of times. UNICEF wants to remind us how difficult growth can be if conditions aren't exactly ideal.
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How to Find a True No Kill Shelter or Rescue Group
Offbeat  (tags: animalwelfare, animaladvocates, GoodNews, service animalstalk to your doctor, psychotrist, any breed, any age, any weight, protection, pets, Body-Mind-Spirit, children, safety, prevention, treatment, health )

Kelly
- 36 days ago - examiner.com
If you've found or already have an animal who needs a new home, you'll likely want to give it to an animal rescue group or take it to the shelter. The place where Fluffy or Fido will have the best chances of leaving alive is a No Kill shelter,
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Video: College Kid Forced To Remind Know-It-All Economist That He's Actually Not A Scientist
Offbeat  (tags: economy, dishonesty, cover-up, ethics, abuse, americans, goodnews, GoodNews, usa, propaganda, lies, media, politics, education, society, rights, science, funny, interesting, protection, safety, culture, children, news )

JL
- 39 days ago - upworthy.com
Stephen Moore, libertarian economist and Wall Street Journal columnist learned the hard way that spin doesn't work in the face of facts.
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Our Easter Hero: A Dog Jumps Into An Icy River to Save a Little Girl
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, protection, dogs, children )

Cher
- 45 days ago - dogster.com
Adam Shaw's Lab mix, Rocky, knew exactly what to do to save a girl who had fallen through the ice.
29 comments
How Missoula Broke Down Barriers on the Playground
Offbeat  (tags: americans, children, culture, ethics, family, freedoms, rights, safety, society, usa, unusual, news, interesting, design )

JL
- 45 days ago - kaboom.org
the goal of transforming the site into a "barrier free play space," where children of different mental and physical abilities would be able to engage and interact with others, take advantage of playground features, and easily navigate the environment.
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