I had braces as a child. I sure wish it went as fast as this video does.
The young teen sure looks happy at the end, though, doesn’t she?
Cyndi Lauper & Sara Bareilles mashup “Truly Brave” for American Cancer Society
TODAY’s Hoda Kotb teamed up with Cyndi Lauper and Sara Bareilles, who mashed up their hits ‘True Colors’ and ‘Brave’ to create a song to raise money for the fight against pediatric cancer.
At this writing over $285,000 has been raised – keep it going.
Check out Hoda’s fundraising page and if you can, please donate. All proceeds will go to grants for pediatric cancer research via the American Cancer Society.
If not able to donate (times can be tough, trust me I know), go visit some kids in the hospital and incite some fun.
The music video for “Truly Brave” features young cancer patients from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
You haven’t seen ‘brave’ until you’ve seen kids kick cancer’s ass. Regular readers know about my personal cancer journey in 2009, which is why this touches my heart so powerfully.
So, since the kids here are doing the bald thing, let’s call this a “Throwback Tuesday” thing. Check the last pic, my bald 2009 self with “Bumpy the Chemo Pump.” Although, I gotta say the kids in this music video have a whole lot more spirit than I did. They rock.
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| Me back in 2009 pretending to be “Truly Brave” |
Daddy bear lip-dubs “Love Is An Open Door” with daughter
Well, this is two minutes of adorable. Daddy bear Alex lip-dubs “Love Is An Open Door” with Jade.
Very cute.
Kids react to Walkman
This could possibly make you feel very old.
Or you can just smile and realize how fast technology changes.
Over a million views in one day.
Fifteen year old internet sensation covers “Hero” by Mariah Carey
On vocals, Aldrich Lloyd Talonding and on guitar, James Walter Bucong.
Umm… pretty amazing. Last year, the duo uploaded a YouTube video of Luther Vandross’ “Dance With My Father” that went viral reaching over 4 million views so far.
You can follow Aldrich and James on Facebook here.
Kids react to gay marriage
From the folks behind the “Kids React” series:
We spoke with 13 kids ages 5-13, presenting them with 2 viral videos of same sex marriage proposals, and then had a very frank and honest conversation to get their thoughts about it all. As you will see there is a mixture of negativity, confusion and support from our panel, with a running theme of not understanding why inequality continues to exist in our world, and that equal rights is very important.
It’s a thought provoking episode that will stir controversy, but we believe it’s important to have these types of conversations openly, and hope we captured a moment in time that showed what the state of this issue was in our society in 2013.
40 year old dad lip-dubs temper tantrum
Ok, so this is pretty funny.
40-something dad lip-dubbing to his kid’s tantrum.
(h/t Andy Towle)
Amazing 11 year old dances to Lady Gaga’s “Applause”
How about 11 year old Sean Lew here dancing choreography by Miguel Zarate to Lady Gaga’s “Applause” at his dance recital? Pretty fierce, Sean.
Made me smile.
Second-place finisher on Kids Jeopardy!: “I was cheated”
From the Today Show:
Last week 12-year-old Thomas Hurley III made headlines when he misspelled “Emancipation Proclamation” during the final question on “Kids Jeopardy!” and earned sympathy from others who might have made the same mistake.
In an interview with Danbury, Conn.’s News-Times, he said, “I was pretty upset that I was cheated out of the final ‘Jeopardy!’ question. It was just a spelling error.”
The final “Jeopardy!” question, phrased in the form of an answer, was this: “Abraham Lincoln called this document, which took effect in 1863, ‘a fit and necessary war measure.'”
Hurley’s answer was correct, but included an extra “t” and was considered invalid because of the misspelling.
I’ll mention here that winner Skyler Hornback bet big and got the answer right, so even with the right spelling Hurley wouldn’t have walked away with the first prize
His family and friends are “proud of me,” he said, but added, “It’s just upsetting to have lost that way. I don’t know why it would have counted as the wrong answer.”
“Jeopardy!” producers told The Hollywood Reporter in an email: “If ‘Jeopardy!’ were to give credit for an incorrect response (however minor), the show would effectively penalize the other players. We love presenting young people as contestants on our show and make every effort to be fair and consistent in their treatment.”
Kids react to very controversial Cheerios commercial
This YouTube clip has gotten over 1.4 million views in less than two days.
Kids watch and react to very controversial Cheerios commercial featuring a white mom and black dad.
This aspect of the commercial upset LOTS of conservative folks.
Watch the kids reaction to the commercial AND when they find out why folks were upset. Further proof that hate has to be taught.
From the mouth of babes…