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SEBASTOPOL, Calif. —
A 12-year-old Sebastopol girl was recovering Thursday night from a nearly-fatal case of flesh-eating bacteria that almost left her without a leg.
The medical nightmare began when Missy Pendleton suffered a 6-inch cut to her knee, requiring her to get six stitches, after she bumped into a metal sheep stand.
Two days later, Pendleton suffered swelling, pain and a fever. She was admitted back to the local emergency [...]
Anonymity is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the United States was founded, in part, thanks to Thomas Paine’s anonymously written, pro-revolution pamphlet Common Sense. On the other hand, 12-year-olds who post anonymously on the internet can be rather unpleasant and cause real problems by cyberbullying. Whether you think the good outweighs the bad, this news is troubling indeed: A far-reaching bill introduced in the New York State Senate could [...]
Anthony Gucciardi
Natural Society
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Following the call by ethicists for after-birth abortions and the press explosion surrounding the ‘Euthanasia Coaster‘, new legislation from Australia is now paving the way for children of any age to consent to sterilization — without parental consent. That’s right, if a psychiatrist determines that a child under the age of 18 years is ‘sufficiently mature’, they will be sterilized without any say from the parents. Again, there is no age minimum, as [...]
ISSAQUAH, Wash. – Like many 12-year-olds, Leslie Cote keeps track of her friends on Facebook. What she didn’t realize is how they can quickly turn to enemies.
“They pretty much backstabbed me because I trusted them,” she said.
When Leslie logged on last month she discovered someone was posing as her, posting sexually explicit photos and propositioning boys for sex.
“It made me feel really bad like people would think [...]
Facebook requires users to enter their date of birth prior to sign up – but many children lie
Almost half of British children aged 9 to 12 use social networking, ignoring minimum age limits, a report claims.
One in five has a Facebook page, a quarter of which are publicly viewable, according to EUKidsOnline.
The report’s authors suggest that removing age requirements would make it easier to monitor young people’s online [...]
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