Waiting in a check-out line a few days ago, my children started begging for toys and trinkets hanging on the impulse-buy racks. Rather than replying with the usual “Not today” euphemism, I found ...

Is there a love more fleeting than a child’s affection for a fast-food meal toy? One minute, it’s the coolest thing in the world. An hour later back at home, it’s stuffed between two couch cushions, ...

McDonald's plans to "drastically" reduce the plastic in its Happy Meal toys worldwide by 2025. The burger giant said Tuesday it's working with toy companies to develop new ideas, such as offering ...

(Reuters Health) - Children who play with second-hand plastic toys may be exposed to unsafe levels of chemicals like lead and cadmium that have been linked to developmental problems and organ damage, ...

UK consumers shopping for children this Christmas have been warned to avoid plastic toys after a large number of them were found to contain chemicals banned by the European Union. In 2018, the EU’s ...

When Jess Castaneda was a kid, she got her toys when her abuela took her to garage sales. It turned her into a lifetime thrift shopper. As an adult, she became a customer at the Green Bean, a kids ...

PHILADELPHIA -- McDonald's pledged Tuesday to significantly reduce the use of plastics in its Happy Meal toys worldwide, two years after the fast food giant faced backlash in the United Kingdom over ...

You know the toys that are stored away somewhere in your parents' crawl space? Those toys could be worth a small fortune.

Two years ago, when the Happy Meal turned 40, McDonald’s brought back many of the iconic toys that came with the meal. However, going forward, the return of most Happy Meal toys won’t align with ...