“Children” on The Daily Caller

His floppy shoes, painted-on smile and flaming-red hair may be a harder sell to today’s kids who are trading in their dolls and trucks for manicures and mobile game apps at ever younger ages. He also seems out of step with McDonald’s Corp.’s new efforts to appeal to adults. The 48-year-old spokesclown has fallen flat in new ads this year, according to Ace Metrix, a group that tracks TV advertising. (more)

Perez Hilton, best known for publishing a celebrity gossip blog, has signed a book deal. But the target audience for his forthcoming book, tentatively titled “The Boy with Pink Hair,” is not the millions hooked on his signature snarky comments photoshopped on pictures of the rich and famous; instead, Mr. Hilton’s book is aimed at children. (more)

A J.Crew ad that shows a top designer painting her young son’s toenails neon pink has some parents and doctors seeing red. (more)

Charlie Sheen got a reality check Tuesday evening when police officers visited his Beverly Hills mansion to take his twin boys out of his custody, a source confirms to PEOPLE. (more)

She gave birth to her twin sons Nelson and Eddy six weeks ago after a long struggle to conceive via IVF. (more)

When a 12-year-old’s mother asks him “How many times do I have to tell you to stop?” he will understand that the answer, if any is required, had better not include a number. (more)

While their parents’ first steps might be recorded in tattered old photo albums and VHS tapes, the lives of the today’s kids are increasingly documented online. (more)

In the span of just two weeks, two promising young men have taken their own lives as a result of peer cruelty. (more)

Fans, rejoice – J.K. Rowling offered a bit of hope on Friday that, perhaps, the final Harry Potter story has yet to be told. (more)

Health plans in at least four states have announced they’re dropping children’s coverage just days ahead of new rules created by the healthcare reform law, according to the liberal grassroots group Health Care for America Now (HCAN). (more)

SWAT VALLEY, Pakistan (AP) — The painting is disturbing: raindrops shaped like bullets and branches intended to look like blood-soaked necks. The artist was a boy recruited by the Taliban to help kill Pakistani soldiers. (more)

A Mansfield man is facing unusual charges for pushing his children in a stroller while he was intoxicated. (more)

A couple have been arrested in northern France after eight newborn babies were discovered hidden in their house and buried in their garden. (more)

ATLANTA — Georgia was lauded four years ago by conservatives for passing one of the nation’s toughest sex offender laws. But the state has had to significantly — and without fanfare — scale back its once-intense restrictions. (more)

Detroit’s anti-lead program — beset with alleged shakedowns and bogus treatments, missing files, incompetence and mismanagement — was upended last year after such scorching claims were reported in state and federal investigations. (more)

PHOENIX – Emboldened by passage of the nation’s toughest law against illegal immigration, the Arizona politician who sponsored the measure now wants to deny U.S. citizenship to children born in this country to undocumented parents. (more)