As Christmas songs blared from the department store’s speakers, I anxiously scanned the shelves for the perfect toy. There were cuddly Squishmallows (a stuffed toy brand), rows of plastic dinosaurs, ...

What makes a great toy? As parenting editors at Good Housekeeping, it's a question we take seriously. (Though, admittedly, we have a lot of fun coming up with the answers.) When we evaluate toys as ...