“Because she’s black,” the little girl answers emphatically. “And why is this the nice doll?” the voice continues. “Because she’s white.” “And can you give me the doll that looks like you?” The little ...

Research by Cardiff University has found that playing with Barbie dolls can help reach key milestones in developing empathy and social understanding during childhood. Doll play was found to be ...

Dolls, Not Tablets, Shine in Teaching Vital Skills to Children, Study Reveals ...

Playing with dolls may help kids understand others better than tablets, with new research showing stronger gains in social reasoning and perspective-taking after weeks of pretend play at home. The ...

New research highlights how simple toy choices profoundly impact child development. Playing with dolls, unlike screen time, significantly boosts social processing and emotional understanding by ...