For a small object that is supposed to keep someone quiet and focused, there seems to be much ado about fidget toys. Especially the spinny kind. For kids, the toys are meant to provide a bit of ...

What are fidget spinners? Is hot new toy dangerous, or helpful to kids? Fidget spinners have exploded in popularity, leaving many parents to ask: What is a fidget spinner? And are they dangerous for ...

WASHINGTON — The current must-have toy craze has something extra to offer besides being colorful, inexpensive, simple to operate, and ubiquitous — it’s supposed to help children focus. A fidget ...

Whirling, spiraling and buzzing away like mini-propellers, so-called “fidget spinners” can be found in the palms of people nearly everywhere you go these days — including schools, where they are ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- Call them fidget spinners, fidget widgets or whatever you'd like, but the little toys are all the rave right now among kids. National reports say they are becoming a distraction ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) --They're all the rage much to the annoyance of teachers. Fidget Spinners are in hands everywhere, keeping kids busy in the car, watching television or sitting in class. Many claim ...

Kids made fidget spinners wildly popular. Now, adults are keeping them that way. The spinners, hand-sized toys balanced with ceramic ball bearings weighted in the center and three rings on the outside ...

It’s a 21st century spin on a traditional childhood. The hottest device among tweens these days isn’t an iPhone or Nintendo Switch, but fidget spinners that typically sell for less than $20. Often ...

The wildly popular fidget spinners that seem to be in the hands of the half the children in the U.S. are also potentially dangerous, a consumer watchdog group warned Wednesday.The small plastic and ...

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