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It’s probably counterintuitive to an adult, especially a non-parent, but if you’re having trouble marketing something to kids, try making it gross. Of course, this approach works with toys. The mere mention of Garbage Pail Kids triggers instant nostalgia for ’80s babies, and kids today love Horror Balls, which are like blood-and-guts-filled squeezable versions of our Madballs. It works with TV–would anyone have watched You Can’t Do That on Television if it weren’t for the green slime and nasty food at Barth’s? You can even get TV-addled kids to read, for crying out loud, just by having an underpants-clad hero fight talking toilets. And as science teachers have known since the first frog dissection, it even works with education. Popular touring exhibit Grossology: The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body lets kids experience all the guts, snot, farts and vomit they can stomach. Since the attraction sneaks in some science, parents can console themselves that at least the little boogers are learning something. Grossology is open Tuesdays through Sundays through January 3 at the new Sci-Tech Discovery Center, 8000 N. Dallas Parkway in Frisco. Admission for adults and kids older than 2 is $6.50 and $5 for seniors over 60. Call 972-546-3050 or visit mindstretchingfun.org.
Tuesdays-Sundays. Starts: Oct. 8. Continues through Jan. 3, 2009
