New Consumer Reports investigation reveals potential safety concerns with squishy fidget toys, including skin irritation and ...

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 ...

"We advise parents to keep these away from young children," the agency said. — -- Incidents involving a popular child's toy known as "fidget spinners" are being investigated by the Consumer ...

Fidget toys are not new. These handheld objects come in all shapes and sizes, from stress balls to putty and bracelets. For years, fidgets have been used as tools by teachers, therapists and parents ...

Fidget toys are tools that may help children and adults to focus and destress. However, there is little scientific evidence that these products affect focus. Fidget toys are small items that are ...

Study found up to 330 times the amount of lead allowable for kids’ products. — -- Target has removed two models of fidget spinners from its website and began pulling the items from store shelves ...

Parents say their children are obsessed with "popit" fidget toys — brightly-colored silicone in various shapes like rainbows, unicorns, food, or dinosaurs with pokeable "bubbles" — that are widely ...

Recently, the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition released a collection of papers that outlined the potential health hazards of fidget spinners. The authors call for tighter regulation ...

Forget bottle-flipping and ditch your loom bands, there's a new craze sweeping school playgrounds. Fidget spinners were originally developed as a way for children with ADHD or autism to relieve stress ...

Studies show that fidgeting can help kids who have trouble concentrating. Fidget toys are popular these days, and they can be a good tool. But proper selection is key, otherwise they can be ...

One of the fidget spinners tested by the BBC's Watchdog programme Fidget spinners that can puncture the skin have been discovered for sale in the UK by a BBC Watchdog investigation. Safety fears have ...