The newest fidget craze is popping toys. Adults and kids all over the world have been buying up this endlessly reusable version of a longtime favorite fidget activity: popping bubble wrap. Made of ...

Fidgeting didn’t start with the spinner craze. If you’ve ever clicked a ballpoint pen again and again, you’ve used a fidget item. As part of our work, we’ve asked people what items they like to fidget ...

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Fidget spinners have taken over classrooms from the US to Australia, to become the most popular toy of the spring. The spinners are truly a viral phenomenon, now covered by major media and also the ...

First there were the fidget spinners, then the squishies, then the pop toys, then the faux game controllers, bendable this-and-thats and a number of other hand-held items that my kids could manipulate ...

If you find your fingers are generally a raw, bloody mess due to your boredom-induced nail-biting, or you're driving your cubicle neighbors insane from your desk-drumming and pen-clicking, fidget toys ...

(NEXSTAR) – Illinois fourth-grader Lizzie Jones has a collection of at least 70 fidget toys and counting, and she’s not the only one. Marketed as “self-regulation tools,” such devices have exploded on ...

The so-called fidget toys making their way into classrooms across North America are billed as a way to soothe restless kids and help them focus. But some experts say they might be harming as many ...

The newest fidget craze is popping toys. Adults and kids all over the world have been buying up this endlessly reusable version of a longtime favorite fidget activity: popping bubble wrap. Made of ...

Katherine Isbister receives funding from Committee for Children, a nonprofit focused on teaching children social-emotional skills. Fidgeting didn’t start with the spinner craze. If you’ve ever clicked ...