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They are the schoolyard squabbles gone viral, earning students widespread notoriety with the flick of a finger.
And now psychologists are warning the abundance of cell phones in schools only encourages children to act up—and the devices should be banned.Experts are concerned by a worrying trend of students filming arranged fights and sending threatening or inappropriate images of each other on their phones.In one instance, 13 boys from a single school in Australia were suspended after being caught planning punch-ups and recording the action.Clinical psychologist Dr. Darryl Cross said there was no doubt some students were playing up to the cameras in a bid to impress their peers."Students will do things in front of peers if they think they will gain notoriety," he said. "Mobile [cell] phones only increase the chance of that happening."Filming the fights just added to the student's "buzz," Cross said. "They get one buzz out of the public viewing and another quite significant buzz if it's ...Half of U.S. adults under 30 say they have had a sunburn at least once in the past year, a government survey found - a sign young people aren't heeding the warnings ...
The government is taking steps to help ensure that children who need CT scans and other X-ray-based tests don't get an adult-sized dose of radiation.Too much radiati...
As efforts expand to diagnose autism earlier and more accurately, researchers also are striving to figure out ways to treat children as young as one year old.Special...
The risk of major birth defects in babies conceived using some methods of fertility treatment is nearly double those conceived naturally, a study by Australian resea...
About 15 million premature babies are born every year — more than 1 in 10 of the world's births and a bigger problem than previously believed, according to the first...
What if you knew, even before your child was born, that she wouldn't look like everyone else?Clara Beatty's parents knew.They were living in Belgium at the time, a d...
The parents of Houston-area sextuplets born last month said Wednesday one of their daughters continues to battle some health problems but is a "fighter," and they ar...
A mother in New Jersey is currently facing child endangerment charges after allegedly allowing her 5-year-old daughter to use a stand-up tanning booth, where the lit...
Midwives and doctors are longtime rivals in the politics governing where women should give birth: Home or hospital.But that tension, typically played out privately b...
Eliminating smoking at home reduces the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) by 80 percent, an Australian study has found.Research from the University of Sydn...
Differences in the networks of brain cells may explain why some teenagers are more susceptible to impulsive risk-taking behavior like smoking or experimenting with d...
Breast-feeding may contribute to the development of healthy bacteria in a baby's gut, a new study finds.The results show that three-month-old babies that had been ...
Bronzed, glowing skin has been the height of fashion for decades, but there could be early signs that tanning may have had its day in the sun.Students at Maynard Hig...
They are common items found in a household with a newborn child – baby bottles, pacifiers and sippy cups. Most small children interact with these products every day...
The number of kids treated in emergency rooms after swallowing batteries -- or lodging them in their noses and ears -- has almost doubled over the past 20 years, a n...
More than half of the children who took part in a study on exposure to cigarette smoke tested positive for such exposure, despite only a handful of their parents adm...
A new study suggests children born with a range of birth defects are at an increased risk of developing certain childhood cancers, especially during their first year...
Time magazine has been getting a lot of attention lately after debuting its most recent issue, showcasing a controversial picture of a mother breastfeeding an almost...
An intensive obesity-prevention program for Australian girls didn't lead to any improvements in their diet, physical activity or body weight a year later, according ...
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