ThinkFun, the award-winning world leader in fun brain games that ignite young minds, published a comprehensive report that examines the mental health challenges facing today’s children and teens, and underscores the importance of building MESH (Mental, Emotional and Social Health) skills to build resilience and protect their mental health. The report, titled “Building Products with MESH in Mind,” encourages stakeholders in the games and toys industry – including inventors, manufacturers, and retailers – to embrace the crucial role they play in protecting the mental health of children through the development of MESH skills. The full report is available on MESHhelps.org.

Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street which reaches 156 million children across more than 150 countries, and Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world’s leading provider of diagnostic information services, has announced a new nationwide program to address health and well-being inequities among young children, particularly in low-income, rural, and marginalized communities.

Kids2, Inc, a global company that designs holistic solutions to help early-stage parents and families, announced the acquisition of the assets of Baby Dream Company Inc, adding the Baby Dream Machine as its latest and newest addition to the Ingenuity brand portfolio. Sleep is a huge parenting frustration, especially for parents Bart Lipski and Natalie Rebot. In their journey to find better sleep for their daughter, they worked with the sleep trainers and industry sleep experts to develop a product – Baby Dream Machine – that would help children get a good night’s sleep while using natural and scientifically proven methods.

“We continued to see strong retail sell-thru for our product throughout the third quarter,” said Stephen Berman, CEO of JAKKS Pacific. “Our top three toy accounts in the US sustained point of sale results in the high teens in Q3 as we head into the all-important fourth quarter. By leaning into our heritage as an FOB-first company, we’ve managed to ship more of our product earlier in the year to avoid excessive supply-chain expenses and mitigate out-of-stock risks at retail. As a result, our customers are ready for the holiday season with a great range of product and promotional plans. We are on track to deliver full-year 2022 revenue growth around 20% vs. prior year for the second year in a row, which are exceptional results that the team and I are very proud of.