We live in a self-help society. Books, videos, websites, and podcasts that promise beneficial advice and self-help methods and philosophies flood our media. In fact, according to Market Research, the self-improvement market was worth $9.9 billion back in 2016 and was...
Christmas has once again come and gone, and the decorations are starting to come down if they haven’t all been put away already. The new year is getting going, and the winter weather is encouraging a great deal of indoor time. But it’s also quite likely that, for some...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! And for those of us with kiddos at home – or grandkids, picking out the perfect presents can be a challenge. With a few exceptions, trends and the popularity of toys tend to change from year to year. And much like...
Almost any toy can be unsafe. Kids can notoriously put untold numbers of foreign objects into their nostrils, for example. And many a small child has had to have a LEGO® brick or some other small toy item removed from their noses by medical personnel. Not to mention...
There is something about kneading squishy things like a NeeDoh® Ball that is both relaxing and therapeutic for most people. This is why certain types of “fidget” toys have become so popular over the years. Namely, those squeezy, squishy, smooshy stress balls. While...
Many people of heard of the so-called “Peter Pan syndrome.” This is a concept that was based on the idea that some adults have trouble growing up and are emotionally “trapped” in childhood. Of course, what most of us realize is that deep inside every one of us is a...
