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Scientists used a gumball machine filled with toys to test how toddlers learned when they thought something was impossible or just improbable. Pawel Kajak/Getty Images/iStockphoto hide caption

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Improbable or impossible

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The invisible lives — and deaths — of the children of sex workers

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Horror trailers can be scary for kids — and avoiding them is hard, especially around Halloween. Gerard Launet/Getty Images hide caption

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Scream time: Has your kid been frightened by a horror movie trailer?

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A girl tries to collect usable belongings amid the wreckage of vehicles after the explosion at Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza. Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption

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Maria Caprigno and her son, Harry, at Disney World. Maria Caprigno hide caption

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13 years after bariatric surgery, a 27-year-old says it changed her life

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Fifth-graders wearing face masks sit at proper social distancing during a music class at the Milton Elementary School in Rye, N.Y., May 18, 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic that shuttered classrooms set back learning in some U.S. school systems by more than a year, with children in high-poverty areas affected the most, according to data shared with The Associated Press. Mary Altaffer/AP hide caption

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Sesame Street characters Elmo, left, and Cookie Monster pose on the 86th floor observation deck of the Empire State Building to promote the return of the live limited run show "Sesame Street Live! Let's Party!" Evan Agostini/AP hide caption

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Do you need to talk to your kids about traumatic events? Sesame Street has some tips

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Hospital staff take care of orphaned children at the children's regional hospital maternity ward in Kherson, southern Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. Throughout the war in Ukraine, Russian authorities have been accused of deporting Ukrainian children to Russia or Russian-held territories to raise them as their own. Bernat Armangue/AP hide caption

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Life Kit visuals editor Becky Harlan engages her 2-year-old son, August Grabowsky, in "special time." It's a kind of child-directed playtime that children's health professionals say can be helpful in treating disruptive conduct in kids. Meredith Rizzo/NPR hide caption

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The 5-minute daily playtime ritual that can get your kids to listen better

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Jefferson County School District Food Service Department staff arrange some of the hundreds of free lunches that was given to students on March 3, 2021 in Fayette, Miss. As one of the most food insecure counties in the United States, many families and their children come to depend on the free meals as their only means of daily sustenance. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption

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Law enforcement work the scene on Tuesday after a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images hide caption

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LeVar Burton has won 12 Daytime Emmys and a Peabody Award for his work as the host and executive producer of the longtime PBS children's program Reading Rainbow. Rachel M. Heimerman/Rachel M. Heimerman hide caption

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