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As kids we played with a very old and old-fashioned dollhouse, replete with lace curtains, paisley wallpaper and mansard roofs. It was also looking old for its age: the elevator was broke, the area under the porch hadn’t been cleaned in years. We longed for one of those nice, clean, modern-looking dollhouses that rich folks’ [...]

We often have a hard time articulating why we might be bad parents, but usually a visual explanation is much more effective. Imagining ourselves as parents calls to mind some of the unfortunate up-bringers (and their even more unfortunate charges) featured in Banned In Hollywood’s listicle of Funny Photos of 20 Terrible Parents (which is [...]

Creepy kid movie characters have some strange power over our collective imaginary. Maybe it’s the sudden realization that people we typically assume are cute and harmless might actually be vessels of unspeakable evil. Maybe they tap into some subconscious parenting gene in all of us, making us think: “If only I’d been raising him or [...]

Leading proponents of the slideshow list format and new champions of germaphobes everywhere, Forbes brings us this scary list of microscopic holiday health risks. Informative though it may be, if we all abide by this list’s directives the holidays will simply not happen. Among the dangerous activities, objects and surfaces:

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