“Toys R Us’s baby problem is everybody’s baby problem.” So declares the headline of a March 15 article by Andrew Van Dam in the Post regarding the toy giant’s announced plans to close up shop. The main reason for the company’s demise says Van Dam: not enough babies.

Friday, March 23, marks the first day of Toys R Us liquidation sales at many of the company’s stores nationwide, with the remainder of its 735 stores joining the close-out sales in the days ahead. Some financial analysts have attributed the company’s woes to “the death of brick-and-mortar syndrome,” which is to say competition from Amazon and other online sources. Others see corporate mismanagement and bad ...