New research shows that playing with dolls could help autistic children learn the social skills they lack. Research published in this week's New Scientist reveals that autistic children who played ...

A childhood rite of passage, doll’s houses have been played with and enjoyed by children for centuries and with good reason. Providing open-ended and imaginative play, a good quality dolls house ...

Barbie, the iconic fashion doll launched by Mattel in 1959, has long been a beloved toy for generations of children. However, ...

Nilah is a handmade fabric doll that's transforming the way little girls look at doll play. The brainchild of Suhas Ramegowda ...

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Local educator and twin mom Lauren Compton transforms traditional peg dolls into one-of-a-kind keepsakes for kids through her ...

Despite toy industry naysayers, who carped that nobody would want to play with a doll that ... scholars and therapists say that children often use these dolls in surprising ways that don’t ...

Mattel has knocked the ball out of the park this time by doing the unthinkable—roping in LeBron James for their Barbie line.