As a classroom teacher, I am always searching for fidgets that help students focus without distracting everyone else. In this ...

Terrible news. Mere weeks after obtaining my beloved fidget spinner, I have been told that not only are they "over," but they have been over for months. The first murmurs of the spinner's demise came ...

As a child of the late ’80s and ’90s, I can mark my grade school years by a series of fads. First came pogs. Then there were beanie babies. Next up: Tamagotchis and Tech Decks. And it’s impossible to ...

I have a couple things to say about Mrs. Eilhauer’s fourth-grade class at Wescott School in Northbrook. First, I will be hiring the students to write most if not all of my future columns, because they ...

The question no parent wants to be asked. Ever. I nervously agreed, ready to be told the time and location of said meeting. She came up close and said: “I’ve banned the fidget spinners.” As she spoke, ...

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 ...

I did not mean to quit smoking when I smoked my last cigarette four months, two weeks, three days, and roughly 18 hours ago. Nor did I think I would become an outspoken advocate for fidget spinners, ...

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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 ...