THESE THINGS THAT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU ABOUT KIDS
Added on: 22nd Jul 2016
DURING A RECENT STUDY WHERE CHILDREN HAD TO
CHOOSE BETWEEN CHOCOLATE OR BROCCOLI, 80%
CHOSE CHOCOLATE. HOWEVER, IF AN ELMO STICKER
WAS PLACED ON THE BROCCOLI THAT NUMBER
DROPPED TO 50%.
DURING THE 90’S, RESEARCHERS DOCUMENTED A
VAST AND COMPLEX MYTHOLOGY THAT HAD SPREAD
AMONG HOMELESS KIDS IN MIAMI. THEY CONCLUDED
THAT IT HAD EMERGED AS A COPING MECHANISM
ALSO IN THE 90’S, A SURVEY FOUND THAT MARIO
WAS MORE RECOGNIZABLE TO CHILDREN THAN
MICKEY MOUSE
THE AVERAGE TEENAGER IN NORTH KOREA IS
ROUGHLY 8 INCHES SHORTER THAN THE AVERAGE
TEENAGER IN SOUTH KOREA. THIS IS ALMOST
EXCLUSIVELY DUE TO MALNUTRITION
70% OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN AND NEARLY
60% OF HISPANIC CHILDREN DON'T KNOW HOW TO
SWIM. THIS CONTRIBUTES TO A RATE OF DROWNING
THAT IS NEARLY 3 TIMES HIGHER THAN
WHITE CHILDREN
THE PIRATE SHIP IN THE MOVIE GOONIES WAS BUILT
WITHOUT THE KIDS BEING ALLOWED TO SEE IT.
THIS WAS DONE IN THE HOPES OF CAPTURING A
GENUINE REACTION WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED.
UPON FINDING IT, HOWEVER, THE KIDS WERE SO
SURPRISED THAT THEY STARTED CUSSING AND
THE SHOT HAD TO BE REDONE ANYWAY
CAMP TWITCH AND SHOUT IS A CAMP IN GEORGIA
FOR KIDS THAT HAVE TOURETTE'S SYNDROME
NEARLY 20 MILLION KIDS IN THE UNITED STATES
RELY ON MEAL PROGRAMS AT SCHOOL TO
KEEP FROM GOING HUNGRY
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