In this Tuesday, May 9, 2017, photo, a fidget spinner is played with at a 7-Eleven convenience store, in Warren, Mich. Fidget spinners, the 3-inch twirling gadgets taking over classrooms and cubicles, ...

With less than two weeks before school ends, one Horry County school has banned the controversial fidget spinner toys. River Oaks Elementary School Principal Robert Homer said the decision to ban them ...

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 ...

Occupational therapist Tera Robinson has seen fidget spinners help kids to concentrate in the classroom. She explains why and how they can be helpful. Fidgets in the Classroom: Why? What? How? We are ...

Fidgeting didn't start with the spinner craze. If you've ever clicked a ballpoint pen again and again, you've used a fidget item. As part of our work, we've asked people what items they like to fidget ...

Fidget toys have become all the rage in recent years. From occupational therapy offices to classrooms to work meetings, these items have spread like wildfire for their usefulness in keeping busy hands ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Fidgeting didn't start with the spinner craze. If ...

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