Pretoria nursery school teacher fined for 19 kids in tiny car

A nursery school teacher in Pretoria, South Africa was stopped and fined by police, for cramming 19 preschool children into a small hatch-back car.

Last week, Melanie Minnie, a teacher at Rietfontein Nursery School in Pretoria, decided to take the children in her care on an outing.

Police were alerted by a concerned citizen, who first spotted Minnie parking at a local shopping center unloading 12 children from her car.

She apparently left the kids at a play area and went back to the nursery school, about a mile away, to collect 19 more... read more.

Video: Ever wondered if kids like punk rock? Wonder no more.

In this video a bunch of English children are asked what they think of punk rock. They then give their very cute reviews.

Noisey have canvassed a selection of suitably cute and rather kooky kids to get their opinions on Black Flag's TV Party.

In this viral video, with much fun and hilarity, the kids give their views, which include such gems as, "I don't want to listen to this. I'd rather listen to Justin Bieber."

You can also hear their reviews of Indy Rock.... read more and watch videos.

Video: Children in jail - lost childhood in the U.S.A.

These days in the U.S.A., often children as young as 7 years old can be tried as adults and incarcerated in an adult prison. Even though these children are still not old enough to drink, vote or drive, they can still be tried and convicted as adults.

In the video, LaShon Beamon of the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services says: “When you hold a youth accountable in the same manner and fashion in which you hold an adult, it's just not right and it's not fair.”

A further interview is with Michael Kemp, who was jailed for the first time at 12-years-old. He was incarcerated in Oak Hill Juvenile Correctional Faciity outside Washington D.C.

“Oak Hill it wasn't designed to rehabilitate you, it was designed for punishment. You know having barbed wires around the gate and it's just preparing you for more criminal-type lifestyle,” he says.... read full article.