If you need a hug, steer clear of Percy Julian Middle School. Principal Victoria Sharts is cracking down on the "extreme hugging" that has gotten out of control at her suburban Chicago school, evidenced by a rash of recent "hug lines," causing hallway congestion and sharp increases in student tardiness.

"Hugging is really more appropriate for airports or for family reunions than passing and seeing each other every few minutes in the halls," Sharts said.

Children in the U.S. could soon be playing with a talking Jesus toy, a bearded Moses, Daniel in the lion's den and other biblical figures, as company One2Believe convinced Wal-Mart to sell Bible-based toys to promote the Christian faith to children.

David Socha, founder of One2believe, the company which manufactures the dolls said he is optimistic the demand for "God-honoring" toys will increase as children will be attracted to toys that focuses on Christian teachings and morality.

The American NGO, which distributed free laptops to the Nigerian school children under One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) surely did not expect that their donation would be used for the surfing of pornographic sites.

State run media in Nigeria reports that the children in various schools, who have such laptops and Internet, are using these free laptops to browse porn sites over the Internet.

In a bid to give a hard fight to obesity and other related problems at the school level, authorities in China have come up with a new resolution which will mandate dance classes to all students in primary and secondary schools. Under the program, experts with the Ministry of Education have designed seven sets of group dances, with each dance lasting 4-5 minutes.

The dances will be incorporated in class breaks, or in extra-curricular activities, the China Daily reports.

A 10-day suspension was not enough to teach a Grand Rapids, Michigan school boy a lesson. Travis Griffin needed more punishment, according to his mother, Veronica.

While horsing around at school, Griffin put his teacher in a headlock. The 15-year-old was promptly suspended but to make sure he never did it again, his mother made him wear a sign on his back and pick up trash along five miles of roadway, according to Associated Press reports.