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What's behind the fidget spinner fad?

  • Written by Joel Best, Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware
imageA flick, a spin and a...fad?Dark Dwarf/flickr, CC BY

When I asked a colleague if he knew about fidget spinners, he responded: “I’d never heard of them until last week, when my daughter told me she had to have one.”

Many parents must be having that conversation with their elementary school-age kids; as of this writing, fidget...

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