From Barbie dolls to action figures, the range of toys available to kids is expansive. But when a kid picks up a play gun from the toy aisle, parents may pause to question whether or not plastic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many parents don't want their kids to play with toy guns. Here's how they can enforce those boundaries. (Image: Getty; ...

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Dave Stroup and his 3-year-old son had traveled to Ohio to see the solar eclipse with family friends, but it wasn’t just the celestial event that captured the little boy’s attention. As they sat ...

A reader is frustrated by her children’s gravitation toward the toy guns a family brings to play with. By Philip Galanes I bring my children to our neighborhood playground every afternoon. It’s a ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why don’t parents like their kids to play with ...