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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 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

During the 90s, 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

Also in the 90s, 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

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

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 has high than it is for 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

The pirate ship in the movie Goonies was built without the kids being aloud to see it. This is 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

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

Nearly 20 million kids in the United States rely on meal programs at school to keep from going hungry.

 


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