Maybe there is a tickle monster living underground or on a planet called Ticklelandia. And the people come to Earth and while we’re sleeping, they get in our mouths and live in our bodies. That’s why ...

8-year-old son recently told me he didn’t want to go to his cousins’ house. They are 11 and 12. He said they tickle-tortured him. They told him to lie down to do a trick, then one girl lifted up his ...

There are certain toys in America that families and hobbyists may remember as cult classics — toys that flew right off the shelves during the holiday shopping season. Some of these high-demand toys ...

This is not your brother or sister’s Elmo. It’s a new toy that’s guaranteed to delight kids – and drive Mom and Dad nuts. The new Tickle Me Elmo is a cackling, kicking, motorized marvel made ...

"The case against tickling is a strong one," writes Jenny Marder at NYT Parenting. Just because kids are laughing when being tickled doesn't mean they enjoy it. In fact, reflexive laughter can ...

, PhD, neurologist and neuroscientist at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif. The somatosensory cortex analyzes touch and the anterior cingulate cortex perceives pleasure. But ...

Don’t try this at home, but tickling a gorilla, orangutan, bonobo or chimp can inspire bursts of grunting sounds. Yes, that’s laughter, says Marina Davila Ross of the University of Portsmouth in ...

Remember having knock-down-drag-out tickle fights as a kid? At the time, they seemed like a normal part of play. But for most adults, the thought of being tickled is annoying at best. And yet, it’s ...

The renowned Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef has written his first children’s book, ‘The Magical Reality of Nadia’. Due to be published by Scholastic, the original publisher of the Harry Potter ...

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Lisa Schulz and Evan Elliot wanted to catch a comedy the other day, so they headed to the Metreon in San Francisco to see "Monsters, Inc.," the animated movie that was devouring the box office until ...