American Girl dolls were the center of my elementary school life. I remember owning two, both the ‘make your own’ dolls. I named them both after Francis Hogden Burnett’s characters: Emily, after the ...

I’m not an overly sentimental person. I understand items have a time and a place, but when it’s time for them to hit the road, I don’t usually feel too broken up about it. So that means, there’s not a ...

From American Girl to Our Generation, there are a growing number of dolls bringing diversity to the toy market. But My Muse Dolls, a company launched in September 2015, aims to do something other doll ...

As an African-American child, I was borderline obsessed with my dolls — Barbie, Polly Pocket, Abby from American Girl, you name it. Thinking back, you’d be hard pressed to find a natural-haired doll ...

This image provided by Mattel, Inc., Tuesday, April 25, 2023, shows its first Barbie doll representing a person with Down syndrome. Mattel collaborated with the National Down Syndrome Society to ...

For more than half of his life, my son has preferred dolls, toys and clothes that are marketed to girls. It started when he was two and a half and he picked up a Barbie and refused to put her down. He ...