In a spate of articles last month, leading publications such as Time magazine and The Guardian credited US-based inventor Catherine Hettinger as the creator of the original fidget spinner, a claim contested by other publications. Most mental health experts will tell you that fidgeting is a basic physical reaction to (even partly) stressful situations. With schools practising restraint, adults - it seems - are taking it upon themselves to have some fun with the new toy in town. In fact, the UAE Ministry of Education recently issued a statement banning the use of spinners in classrooms. Ironically, most schools have reportedly banned them as they are proving to be distraction.
It would apparently help them concentrate better. Last year, an article in Forbes anointed fidget gadgets as the "must have office toy in 2017".Įarlier this year, the narrative tweaked and the gadget began to be marketed as one of the many tools that could help attention deficient children. Today, what was meant to be a present for his son has become his favourite pastime, even though he admits fidget spinner is more of a fad. Soon, he wanted to see how fast he could spin.
As his son's fixation with fidget spinner died an untimely death, Dev found himself more intrigued by the handheld toy.
Then we started having fights on whose turn it was to spin," says Dev. "It took about five seconds for me to keep it in my hands and spin it. That is until the father and son began to explore the tiny, ball-bearing toy together. When a friend gifted his five-year-old son a fidget spinner, Dev Haldar did not think much of it.
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