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From - BBC  World News, By Kelly Oakes Edited by - Vinuri Randhula Silva,          (Image credit:  Adam Berry/Redferns/Getty Images ) Smartphones have become near-universal among children, with up to 91% of 11-year-olds owning one. But do children miss out without a phone – or experience surprising benefits? It is a very modern dilemma. Should you hand your child a smartphone, or keep them away from the devices as long as possible? As a parent, you'd be forgiven for thinking of a smartphone as a sort of Pandora's box with the ability to unleash all the world's evils on your child's wholesome life. The bewildering array of headlines relating to the possible impact of children's phone and social media use are enough to make anyone want to opt out. Apparently, even celebrities are not immune to this modern parenting problem: Madonna has said that she regretted  giving her older children phones at age 13 , and wouldn't do it again. On the other hand, you probably ha

  Mongabay For Kids, Edited by Amal Udawatta,  Have you ever wondered how many legs a caterpillar has or if caterpillar “feet” are sticky? We have! So we asked expert moth-er David Moskowitz (hand pictured) to answer our questions: How many legs does a caterpillar have? Do they all have the same number of legs? David:  Most caterpillars, like all insects, have 3 pairs of legs (6 total legs), and these are located under the thorax near the front of the caterpillar. These are a caterpillar’s  true legs . What makes them true legs is that they are segmented. But caterpillars also have something else special. They have  prolegs  on the abdomen. Usually there are five pairs (10 total prolegs). (Some caterpillars have fewer prolegs.) Prolegs aren’t real legs. They are a fleshy unsegmented part of the abdomen. But they are critical for helping the caterpillar move. At the bottom of each proleg is a structure with a funny name –  crotchet . Crotchets are a lot like Velcro, and by adhering to a