Fidget toys have become all the rage in recent years. From occupational therapy offices to classrooms to work meetings, these items have spread like wildfire for their usefulness in keeping busy hands ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...