The trend speaks to a growing awareness that play isn't just for children's development -- it's essential to survive and live well.

“Through research, we heard that kids don’t want their toys dictated by gender norms."

Traditional Indian wooden toys are being supplanted by devices.

One of the primary targets of the gender-neutral parenting movement has been toys. Parents have issued a strong challenge to how toys are categorized and what colours they come in — so strong as to have effected large-scale changes by 

Blocks — yes, the same kind you played with back in the day. With Christmas looming, many people will be considering what present to buy for their children, nieces and nephews, grandchildren and friends. Soon, if not already, we will 

Our series on essential toys continues, with a roundup of our favorite toys for stimulating and engaging preschool aged kids (2.5-5 years old). Remember the basic principle we’ve outlined in previous lists: the more flexible and open-ended the toy, the 

Our series on essential toys continues (check out our list of baby toys here) with these recommended toys for toddlers. To be more specific, we mean toys for 1.5-, 2-, and 3-year-olds. This age range is particularly exciting for parents 

If you’ve been paying attention to us, or any other early childhood development resource, you’ve probably gotten an earful on the importance of play. Play is vitally important in early childhood, because it is through play that children establish executive 

If you have kids, have been around kids, or have been outside the house recently, you’ve probably heard of the fidget spinner, the newly ubiquitous toy that has taken the world by storm. What is a fidget spinner? The fidget 

The first thing you notice about PodSquad is the packaging. The box, with it’s cute cartoon doodles and bright (but not the overused primary) colour palette looks slick. It looks like a box full of activities for kids that a 

Our recent house-move disrupted many things, notably my toddler’s schooling and day-care facility. Like any pair of anxious parents today, my husband and I spent a considerable amount of time choosing a new one, looking up ratings and reviews of 

Every week, we scour the web to bring you interesting bits and pieces from around the world. Enjoy! Barbie’s Got A Brand-New Body Faced with falling revenues from Barbie sales, toy company Mattel exhaustively debated nomenclature and took an extreme 

How he would love them! Or, so we thought…. Oops. Our two-year-old stared stonily at the goodies we’d snapped up at Christmas sales in Singapore. We did a double take. On that chubby face was written disinterest, disdain and dismissal