Lead-tainted toys continue to be recalled. But toy makers and China don't deserve all the blame. U.S. regulators have been napping.
By Katharine Mieszkowski Sep 6, 2007
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Blondie! Joan Jett! Cyndi Lauper! Are these toys for little kids -- or toys for grown-ups?
By Amy Benfer
October 27, 2009
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Will these LeapFrog gizmos teach your kid something, or just irritate you?
By Katharine Mieszkowski
July 9, 2008
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Also inducted, the kite and Raggedy Andy (five years after Raggedy Ann got in).
By Farhad Manjoo
November 9, 2007
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Will buying educational toys make your kid a genius -- or just leave you broke? Author Susan Gregory Thomas cuts through the baby-business babble.
By Helaine Olen
May 30, 2007
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A West Virginia lawmaker wants to outlaw the toy. Don't we have bigger problems in this world?
By Sarah Hepola
March 4, 2009
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Get your very own plastic rapist, courtesy of NECA toys and Quentin Tarantino.
By Catherine Price
April 17, 2007
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It looks like an ordinary orthopedic back pillow -- but can a mail-order sex prop really set my fantasies free?
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
July 5, 2006
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A gaggle of earnest dolls in historic costumes are threatening to dethrone Barbie. How'd they do it?
By Margaret Talbot
May 10, 2005
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Who wants a teacher's pet action figure in white underpants who can't even fly?
By Damien Cave
October 27, 2000
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In the world of plushophiles, not all stuffed animals are created equal.
By Dave Hill
June 19, 2000
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We asked for grand plans and we got more than a few.
March 27, 2000
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Only by immersing our children in marketing can we teach them to choose.
By Nick Gillespie
March 6, 2000
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Why is the venerable Scholastic book club company peddling cheesy toys in classrooms?
By Shoshana Marchand
February 29, 2000
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Why do makers of toys and computer games still practice segregation?
By Margot Mifflin
December 13, 1999
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This month's Drama Queen finalists battle the most nefarious toys that ever tots have touched.
January 11, 1999
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What if the biggest, hardest-to-find toy is the only thing in the whole world that will make your child really happy?
By Anne Morrow Sampson
December 2, 1998
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With Lego's new kit, you, too, can play God with a mechanical creature of your own design.
By Janelle Brown
October 2, 1998
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How do you get rid of the gunk, Gak and slime your beloved
offspring have unceremoniously ground into their jeans and slung against
the wall? Sometimes all it takes is a simple household item to cleanse away
the sludge of childhood.
By Lisa Moskowitz
September 30, 1998
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For the man who has everything -- it's SHIT magazine!
By James Poniewozik.
April 14, 1998
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Toys make
natural heroes for children in literature as well as in life. In her first
monthly book column, Polly Shulman looks at the little heroes of Hans
Christian Andersen's "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," E.T.A. Hoffmann's
"Nutcracker" and "The Pasteboard Bandit," a rediscovered book by Harlem
Renaissance writers Arna Bontemps and Langston Hughes
By Polly Shulman
December 12, 1997
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Two books explore how marketers and toy-makers turned our little darlings into crazed, Barney-craving monsters.
By Albert Mobilio
November 18, 1997
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Salon 21st: Bringing up digital baby. By Allison Adato. For prospective parents, Tamagotchi is a stern taskmaster.
By Allison Adato
August 17, 1997
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The Net industry is rushing to embrace ratings systems for the Web. The technology will help parents keep their kids away from porn. It can also help anyone censor anything.
By Joseph D. Lasica
July 31, 1997
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From cyberspace to Klamath Lake, a hunt for the truth about blue-green algae reveals the secret ecology of information.
By Andrew Leonard
July 24, 1997
Barbie's home ruled a toxic site
Barbie loves rock 'n' roll
A toddler takes on edu-toys 
The Atari 2600 makes the Toy Hall of Fame
The littlest shoppers
Vive la Liberator!
American Girl crazy!
Get unreal
Cuddle time
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