THINGS THAT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU ABOUT KIDS

IT IS ILLEGAL TO HOME SCHOOL CHILDREN IN GERMANY

THERE IS A PROPOSAL TO REPLACE THE SKULL AND

CROSSBONES AS THE INTERNATIONAL SYMBOL FOR

POISON. THANKS TO AN UPSURGE IN THE POPULARITY

OF PIRATES, KIDS HAVE BEEN LESS LIKELY TO SEE

THE SYMBOL AS THREATENING

ONE PROPOSED ALTERNATIVE HAS BEEN MR YUK

IN 2013, A SCHOOL IN NEW YORK CITY WAS SHUT DOWN

AND SEVERAL STUDENTS WERE HOSPITALIZED BECAUSE

SOME 6TH GRADERS SPRAYED TOO MUCH AXE

A RECENT STUDY POLLED 250 CHILDREN ON THEIR

OPINION OF CLOWNS AND 100% OF THEM SAID THEY

FOUND CLOWNS FRIGHTENING.

MANY SCHOOLS IN JAPAN DON'T HAVE JANITORS. IT IS

THE KIDS WHO DO THE JANITOR'S JOB BECAUSE

CLEANLINESS IS SEEN AS BEING RELATED TO MORALITY

THE HOLE IN THE TOP OF LEGO FIGURINES IS THERE IN

CASE A CHILD SWALLOWS IT SO THAT THE CHILD

CAN KEEP BREATHING

THERE IS A MCDONALDS IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA THAT

PLAYS CLASSICAL MUSIC AT NIGHT TO KEEP

TEENAGERS AWAY

THE TIME MACHINE IN BACK TO THE FUTURE WAS

ORIGINALLY GOING TO BE A REFRIGERATOR BUT

IT WAS CHANGED DUE TO FEARS THAT CHILDREN

WOULD START LOCKING THEMSELVES IN

REFRIGERATORS