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Fidgets spinners are supposed to help students sit still and focus. But many teachers are saying it鈥檚 having the exact opposite effect.

Meant to help children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism, anxiety, or other conditions relieve tension and focus better, fidget spinners have become a popular toy among children. But some teachers say they have been causing classroom disruptions, prompting bans and confiscations.

For teachers who haven鈥檛 seen the recent spinner craze hit their classrooms yet, fidget spinners are small handheld toys that Forbes is calling a 鈥�.鈥� The small toy spins in your hand as you twirl the blades.

鈥淎 fidget is some type of little toy or little gadget to manipulate in their hand. It calms their sensory system,鈥� Tara Yates, an occupational therapist at Advocate Children鈥檚 Hospital told .

But some teachers report that students are comparing their spinners with their friends in class, throwing them around the room, and that students who don鈥檛 have ADHD or a condition that can make focusing difficult are using them too often during classroom instruction.

Fidgets spinners are the latest version of fidget toys, which have long been used by some behavior specialists to allow students to release stress or anxiety. Those tools include cubes, putties, stress balls, and other little gadgets.

According to Forbes, the fidget toys and show that it鈥檚 OK to fidget. But as a flurry of articles in the last week show, some educators still disagree about their place in the classroom.

Some schools have begun banning or limiting fidget spinners, saying that they have become a classroom distraction.

According to the SpinnerList, a database for fidget spinners and makers, by the end of the week.

Bellevue Independent Schools in Kentucky ask that in order to bring their spinners to school. And some schools like Fairview Park Elementary in Spencer, Iowa,, reported by Now Cleveland.

Advocates point to research backing the claim of Research shows that when students are under-stimulated, they become restless and and physical comfort levels, affecting their ability to focus in the classroom.

The same study found that during academic tasks requiring concentration, like hair twirling, nail biting, and chewing on objects to generate and regulate stimulation in order to focus.

鈥淭here are lots of adaptive learning tools; just like some kids need glasses, others need fidgets,鈥� Melissa Feery, a special education teacher at Gainaird Elementary School in Mount Pleasant, Mich., told the .

Joe Weaver, a K-6 physical education teacher at Balls Creek Elementary in Newton, N.C., uploaded a video on Twitter of his students using the spinners during interval warmup.

Diane Stile, a 6th grade math and science teacher at Jericho Middle School in New York, has used the toy鈥檚 popularity as the inspiration for STEM projects in her classroom. Stile shared on Twitter pictures of her students creating their own spinners using cardboard, playdough, and pennies.

But other teachers used the topic to start classroom discussions on the cons of fidget spinners.

One of Berlin鈥檚 student鈥檚, Jessie Welbeck, made the claim that fidget spinners, especially ones that light up or make noises, were 鈥渄istracting because other people keep playing with them and it takes other students鈥� attention.鈥�

Another student of Berlin鈥檚 was quick to point out that the toy becomes a distraction when students use it at inappropriate times in the classroom. Other students explained that when students are playing with the spinners, students and teachers both 鈥渓ose focus.鈥�

鈥淛ust sitting and fidgeting with something is not going to really be that beneficial to a child with hyperactivity and inattention,鈥� Janine Artis, a mental health clinician in Williamsville, N.Y., told the Now Cleveland.

Cory Sicard, a 7th grade science teacher at Sierra Middle School in Parker, Colo., says the popularity of the spinners has caused a spike in theft among students, thus leading him and others teachers to ban spinners from their classrooms.

鈥淣ow that kids can鈥檛 pull them out in class, there鈥檚 less incentive for others to steal them,鈥� Sicard told the Washington Post. 鈥淥ut of sight, out of mind, which is how most of the kids feel toward them now.鈥�

Many teachers have shared how often they have had to confiscate the toys with the increasing number of schools banning them from the classroom: