I think we all dream of having a special space set aside for our kids to enjoy some quiet time for study or play, and definitely a little creativity! I came across this dreamy one from Rachel at Pencil Shavings and fell in love with the bold use of color and fun details. 

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Luckiest girl ever: 9-year-old Daisy Morris will never know how painful starting conversations at parties can be. She'll never suffer through the awkward pause that hangs in the air after introductions are made between friends of friends who otherwise have nothing in common. That's because Daisy Morris will have a built-in icebreaker for the rest of her life, now that a dinosaur was named after her. Because she discovered it, of course. Back when she was 4 years old.

When little kids do big things, I'm 99 percent heart-warmed and inspired, 1 percent stabby. As in, I'd like to stab those little suckers' playground balls with a chopstick because I'm so jealous that they have their shit together. First there was the Kid President, making me weak with his words, not to mention his adorable cheeks, and now there's Hunter, the professional sandcastle builder. He dropped out of preschool to pursue his artistic passion for coastal sculpture, and now, at age 7, he's not only the cutest thing on the planet, but he's freakishly talented and wise beyond his years, too.

You know how the old saying goes: Out of the mouths of babes ... well, this exceptionally profound 9-year-old boy proves just how wise and perceptive kids can be. In fact, watching him speak casually about such serious matters as the meaning of life and alternate universes, so many cliched sayings come to mind ... wise beyond his years ... old soul ... but mostly what comes to mind is ... awe. This kid's theories are beyond what the average adult can even begin to comprehend, and yet he's completely humble: "I mean, I might be wrong," he adds after explaining a concept that could change most people's lives.

Except, I'm pretty sure he's right.

Out of so many tragedies involving children come stories of unfathomable heroism and inspiration, and teen Madison Leigh Wallace's devastating drowning is no exception.

The 16-year-old's body was found Friday in an icy river in South Dakota's Falls Park, after she'd jumped in Thursday night to save her 6-year-old brother Garrett. Police think Garrett either slipped on rocks and fell in or was covered in the bubbling water's rising foam, which reached 10 feet high. The little boy lived because Madison -- and another man passing by who also leaped in to help -- saved him.

As wracked by grief and shock as Madison and Garrett's parents must be, they also are probably overcome with love -- and yes, pride -- that their daughter died doing something so noble for their son. Wouldn't you be?

Taylor Godwin is the kind of child that inspires us all. The 7-year-old Girl Scout is battling a rare and serious illness, but she is more focused than our troops than anything else. Diagnosed with pituitary dwarfism and epilepsy, Taylor is the smallest one in her Ohio troop, but she is certainly making the biggest impact.

Cochlear implants are amazing things. By connecting and sending signals directly to the auditory nerve, the small devices allow children who were born deaf -- children like Jayde Scholl -- to hear. Every single success story is nothing short of miraculous, and witnessing the pure joy and wonder on the face of a child who just heard his mother's voice for the first time is indescribably inspiring. But 5-year-old Jayde Scholl's story is even more amazing than most, because Jayde came into this world with the odds so stacked against her no one thought she would even survive.

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education -- or STEM ed, as it's called -- is a big deal. Over the past few years, we've opened a huge gap between the U.S. and the rest of the developed world and, ironically, hiring in high tech is up while management and financial hiring is down or flat. In short, there's no better time to get our kids interested in technology.

But how do you get young ones interested in computing, electronics, and engineering? It's easy: You sneak it in the same way you sneak vegetables into their mac and cheese!