As a mom of four, I’m well aware that toys are an amazing asset. They help your little ones learn, keep them occupied for solid stretches of time and even make it easy for you to join in on the fun.

Kids are famously fickle: One moment they’re obsessed with Paw Patrol, the next they’re on to Taylor Swift. Jeannette Corey, director of the Bank Street Family Center, says that children’s development ...

Thanks to all the talking animals movies young children have likely seen, they might have the impression that animals communicate like humans do. In real life, of course, that’s not true. But that ...

There isn’t much time left to get your holiday gift-shopping done, especially if you need your online orders to arrive before Christmas or Hanukkah. So in keeping with Strategist tradition, I’ve ...

Cat Larrison wasn’t feeling well when her five-year-old thought of a way to help. “He came up and licked my arm!” Larrison says. “It was as sweet as it was soggy.” Her son was imitating one of his ...

Mattel and other toy companies have been working on AI toys that are expected to be unveiled in 2026, but child safety groups have raised concerns about products already being sold.

On a wall at Trader Joe’s are numerous drawings of shelter animals, each with their own biography, each an attempt to help those animals find homes. They are the result of Kids, Cats and K9s, a ...