The Montessori method helped produce scions like Sergey Brin, Jeff Bezos, and Beyonce. Parents are clamoring for toys that fit with the philosophy. Is there a connection?

Ever wonder how childhood hobbies can lead to successful careers? This man's story of woodworking mastery is a must-read.

Despite growing up on a farm, I went to school in a city and sadly ... but it’s where I found myself recently for a friend’s birthday. Daisy Wood grew up in a farming family in Gloucestershire ...

but by 1872 had started his own toy piano company. This small company soon expanded to make other items, such as wooden “character” dolls, circus figures, doll houses, doll furniture ...