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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"It's tough for kids and adults to sit still for a long period of time, and they can't always get up and run around or do some yoga," she said. "The fidget is a compensation, a contained-to-the-hands ...

Unlike most toys, particularly those marketed to boys, fidgets weren't about competition or violence. They weren't branded merchandise connected to weapon-wielding good guys. Nor did they, as with ...