Many parents realize that educational toys are an important part of aiding a child's development, but many of the collect ...

Safe toy purchases for children is a year-round responsibility. However, during the Christmas and Hanukkah season the ...

From Barbie dolls to action figures, the range of toys available to kids is expansive. But when a kid picks up a play gun from the toy aisle, parents may pause to question whether or not plastic ...

Traditional toys could soon be banished as technology takes over to 'infinity and beyond', a leading children's author warned yesterday. Frank Cottrell-Boyce said he was increasingly hearing that ...

A major reason parents don’t like kids to play with pretend guns is they’re afraid you’ll get hurt. It can be hard for others to tell if a gun is real or just a toy. While you and your friends might ...

Stuffed animals that talk back. Chessboards with pieces that move on their own. And a chatty holographic fairy in a crystal ...

As Christmas creeps ever closer, it can be difficult to know what to get your child for the big day. Toys provide an enormous opportunity for childhood brain development—but not all toys are created ...

Play Doh, Mr. Potato Head and Trolls have been named as the toys most likely to stand the test of time, according to new research. The study of 2,000 American parents examined the toys adults played ...

If you can recall, what types of play did you engage in when you were a child? Were they typical “boy” or “girl” styles of play, or non-gender-conforming? If you’re currently the parent of a young ...