Happy National Slinky Day! We got our hands on this giant slinky from Alex Toys and couldn’t stop playing with it. Read more…More about Mashable Video, Toys, Childhood, Slinky, and Culture
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7 summertime shoe styles you loved as a little kid
There’s no better season to be a kid than summer when school’s out, camp’s in session, and the world is quite literally your playground.
While we spend a lot of time reminiscing about the TV shows, video games, and even the snacks we loved as k…
Ex-Nike designer created a shoe to turn kids into IRL super heroes
Jason Mayden left his job at Nike to pursue a career designing shoes specifically for growing kids. Learn about how and why Jason started ‘Superheroic’ and how the ‘power of play’ can impact a child’s life. Read more…More about Mashable Video, Kids,…
View More Ex-Nike designer created a shoe to turn kids into IRL super heroesSesame Street turns to Kickstarter to fund autism book
Julia is Sesame Street’s first autistic character and her mission is to make neuroatypical kids feel more comfortable and understand that there are kids out there just like them. She’s a sweet little muppet and now she’s getting her own Kickstarter campaign. The campaign is raising $75,000 to produce content and a free book featuring […]
View More Sesame Street turns to Kickstarter to fund autism bookIncredible footage shows firefighter catching child thrown from balcony
If you ever doubted the bravery of firefighters (for argument’s sake, because why would anyone do that) let this video be the living proof that they are, in fact, heroes.
On Monday DeKalb County Fire Department released helmet-cam footage, showing the moment when a firefighter caught a child who was thrown off the third story of a burning apartment building on 3 January in Decatur, Georgia.
This wasn’t the only child to be thrown from the building.
“We were catching babies like a football — literally,” County Fire Rescue Capt. Eric Jackson told the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Read more…
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