What makes a great toy? As parenting editors at Good Housekeeping, it's a question we take seriously. (Though, admittedly, we have a lot of fun coming up with the answers.) When we evaluate toys as ...

Though it may sound like a dream your inner child once told you about, toy testing is a legitimate way to not only entertain and engage your children but also make a little cash on the side. Sure it ...

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is checking reports that the stuffed pet hamsters known as Zhu Zhu Pets may be unsafe for children because they're made with a toxic substance. That substance is ...

GULSTAN: SOME KIDS IN RANCHO CORDOVA GOT TO HAVE A LITTLE EXTRA FUN AT SCHOOL. THEY WERE PUTTING TOYS TO THE TEST. PRESCHOOLERS AT GODDARD SCHOOL PLAYED WITH A VARIETY OF INTERACTIVE TOYS. THEY HAVE ...

The word "toy" comes from a Scandinavian word meaning "little tool." This term could not be more appropriate. Play is not just the way a child passes time, it is in a profound way a child's "work"-- ...