When I was a little kid, I took cello lessons. The cello, I quickly learned, is not a toy. It breaks when you drop it, it’s a bully magnet, and it takes five years of agonizing practice before you ...

Parents looking for last-minute birthday gifts for their children or looking to find the latest toy can look toward the store Beat Street in downtown Arlington Heights. Owner Jen Sanger, 46, a mother ...

Walk down the children's toy aisle in any store these days and you will be greeted with a cacophony of noise. Instead of the excited voices of children that you might expect, however, much of the ...

Parents have been left baffled by McDonald's new Happy Meal toy, which seems to shout profanities when shaken. The figurines were made to tie-in with the Minions movie and spout a number of phrases ...