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Kids Today

  1. games
    Spot What’s Wrong: Donald Trump Jr. Tweet Compares Syrian Refugees to SkittlesHint: It’s mathematically incorrect, grammatically incorrect, and offensive on multiple levels.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  2. kids today
    Teen Breaks Into CIA Director’s EmailThe “cracka” claims to be a weed-loving teen.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  3. de blasio’s new york
    Cool Dad Bill de Blasio Lets NYC Kids Bring Cell Phones to School They’ve been banned for years.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  4. horrible things
    Kids From Africa Beaten and Called ‘Ebola’ in the BronxToday in “teens are the worst.”
    By Joe Coscarelli
  5. kids today
    Memo to the White House: Here’s How You Use Emoji :smile:
    By Katie Zavadski and Jessica Roy
  6. kids today
    White House Knows Kids Hate Words, Plans Emoji-Based Campaign Discussing “capped [graduation hat] loan payments” is all the rage with millennials.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  7. kids today
    The NYC Instagrams That Got a Teenager ArrestedThe photos are awesome.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  8. kids today
    Teen Who Climbed World Trade Center Caught on Another Far Less Impressive Tower A water tower in Weehawken.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  9. kids today
    Teens Literally Caught Red-Handed While Vandalizing Civil War Memorial The Simpsons did it.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  10. the capitol
    Ambitious Toddler Causes Brief Lockdown on White House LawnThe Secret Service declined to question him. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  11. bill de blasio’s new york
    Dante and Chiara de Blasio Landed City Hall InternshipsNo summer slacking allowed for the mayor’s kids.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  12. the most important people in the world
    Malia Obama Went to Lollapalooza, So You Are Now Officially OldImagine how the president feels.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  13. kids today
    Staten Island Teens Go Crazy for (Allegedly) Corrupt CongressmanRepresentative Michael Grimm stopped by a sweet-16 party.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  14. kids today
    Brooklyn’s Biggest Tween Metal Band Scores $1.8 Million Record DealUnlocking the Truth will be making albums for Sony. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  15. horrible things
    Police Want to Photograph Sexting Teen’s PenisUsing a shot to make him erect.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  16. kids today
    New Kindergarten Test for 4-Year-Olds: Not Easy!It’s also administered on an iPad, of course.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  17. school daze
    New Jersey Prosecutor Delights in Teen’s Lack of Hacking Skills The 16-year-old was caught using a teacher’s password to change grades and attendance records.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  18. crimes and misdemeanors
    Teen Girls Went on a Monday Morning Mugging SpreeOne hour, four victims. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  19. photo op
    South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley: ‘We Will No Longer Educate Children … ’When 140 characters are just not enough.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  20. scary things
    Ohio Mom Says Daughter Stabbed Her Because of Slender Man MemeHere comes the nationwide panic.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  21. school daze
    Kids Injured After Firecracker Explodes on School BusSave it for the outdoors.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  22. dumb things
    Driver Causes Crash by Holding His Breath in a TunnelProving the dumb superstition brings very bad luck.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  23. kids today
    NYC School ‘Fitnessgrams’ Are Telling Kids They’re FatParents are not pleased.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  24. school daze
    Substitute Teacher Fired for Asking Kids for Relationship Advice She kept it G-rated.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  25. stand clear of the closing doors
    Worst Subway Car Ever: Kids Playing RecordersFor 40 minutes.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  26. school daze
    Bad Kids Put Rat Poison in Teacher’s Water BottleShe didn’t become seriously ill.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  27. kids today
    Nice Roommates Return $40,000 Found in Old CouchThe money belonged to a 91-year-old woman who doesn’t trust banks.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  28. kids today
    Rush Limbaugh Is Now an Award-Winning Children’s Book AuthorPerhaps the right wing isn’t losing the youth after all.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  29. school daze
    Queens Frat Channels Zac Efron in NeighborsThere goes the neighborhood.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  30. kids today
    Teen Stowaway Has Left HawaiiIt’s not clear if he’ll be returned to his father in California.
    By Delia Paunescu
  31. oh new jersey
    New Jersey Frat Bros Tag Dead Whale With Greek LettersYeah, man.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  32. kids today
    Senior Prank Goes Very, Very Wrong for New Jersey High SchoolersThe “but it’s a rite of passage excuse” didn’t go over well with cops.
    By Jen Kirby
  33. only in new york?
    Meet Kalan Sherrard, NYC’s Most Avant-Garde Nihilist Subway Performer“I think it has to do with being really bored with the world,” he says.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  34. this is ivy league
    Kwasi Enin, Ivy League Kid, Going to YaleThe Long Island overachiever announced his pick at a press conference.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  35. ink-stained wretches
    Rick MacArthur Quits Columbia Spectator BoardThe student paper is going “web-first” and journalism’s resident dinosaur does not approve — at all.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  36. ink-stained wretches
    Columbia Student Paper Hears This Internet Journalism Stuff Is Going to Be BigThey’re cutting down the print edition to once a week.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  37. kids today
    Teen Stowaway’s Father Says He Was Homesick for Africa“He was always talking about going back to Africa.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  38. crimes and misdemeanors
    Kids Busted for Early Monday Morning Muggings in Central ParkFour teenagers and a 12-year-old are suspected.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  39. kids today
    16-Year-Old Stowaway Flies From California to Hawaii in Jet’s Wheel WellAnd was unharmed.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  40. school daze
    Miss America Says She Doesn’t Want Teen Punished for Asking Her to PromBut Nina Davuluri still won’t be doing any slow-dancing.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  41. school daze
    Brave Teen Asks Miss America to Prom, Ends Up SuspendedNo fun.
    By Delia Paunescu
  42. kids today
    Portland Teen Who Peed in Drinking-Water Reservoir Has a Point“I mean, really, dude?”
    By Joe Coscarelli
  43. kids today
    Long Island Teens Thought Confederate Flag, Blackface Were Somehow AcceptableFour students at a Catholic high school have been expelled.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  44. kids today
    10 Ways Selfies Are Going ExtremeWhen the president starts tweeting grainy self-portraits, kids have to find edgier selfie scenarios.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  45. the internet
    Dutch Teen Arrested for American Airlines TweetsThe 14-year-old troll really is a teenage girl.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  46. school daze
    The Backlash Against New York’s Standardized Tests Is Getting SeriousParents, teachers, and principals protested across the city today.
    By S. Jhoanna Robledo
  47. selfies
    Teen Snaps Hospital Selfie After Deadly California Bus CrashThe second post-tragedy selfie this week.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  48. college
    UConn and Kentucky Both Rioted a Bit Last NightWin or lose, the result was the same.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  49. kids today
    Park Slope Parents and Teachers Protesting ‘Terrible Test’A difficult, “inappropriate” English exam has Brooklyn taking to the streets.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  50. kids today
    NJ Teen Who Sued Her Parents Gets ScholarshipShe just got a $56,000 college scholarship.
    By Caroline Bankoff
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