This parent posted to Reddit on May 31 with the suggestion that all parents should be traveling with a pocketful of balloons. (Like clowns. Because, let’s face it, that’s kind of what we are.) ...

Last summer, the organization singled out fidget spinners — those popular plastic and metal toys that users spin around a finger — saying they pose a choking hazard.

Fidget spinners, balloons and a doll that collects your child’s data top the U.S. PIRG Education Fund’s annual list of dangerous toys. The U.S. PIRG Education Fund, the federation of state ...