"With the doll," says Amy Jandrisevits, "a child sees, 'I am not the only one who looks this way...and beautiful enough to be a doll.'" Amy Jandrisevits has always liked to make kids smile. One day in ...

Barbie is launching its first doll with Down’s syndrome. The doll comes with a new face and body sculpt that includes a shorter frame and a longer torso – more illustrative of women with Down’s ...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — After 12 years of Brave Barbie being the solo star of Mattel's heartwarming initiative to create toys specifically for kids undergoing medical treatment, Ken is stepping up to ...

Tens of thousands of children will get to see a part of themselves reflected in new Barbie and Ken dolls. Mattel announced Wednesday that the toy company will donate 10,000 of its Brave Barbie and new ...

For the first time in the history of the Brave Barbie program, Ken will appear as a bald doll designed to support children experiencing hair loss. Mattel announced the expansion as part of its ongoing ...

Ever since she was a little girl, Amy Jandrisevits has loved dolls. Her mother, a skilled seamstress, would make Amy her own stuffed friends. For years, she cherished them. But when she started to ...

Khulile Vilakazi-Ofosu had just picked up her daughter from preschool in Johannesburg, South Africa. When Isha made the request, Khulile put down her keys and the child’s backpack and squatted down to ...

RONKONKOMA, N.Y.-- Hundreds of volunteers are turning out elaborate handmade dolls for children in crisis situations on Long Island. They're on a mission to make a difference in young lives. Busy ...

The Bobo Doll experiments are famous for establishing that kids who watch violent behavior are more likely to display violent tendencies. But the original experiments had a twist that most people ...

CASA of northeast Oklahoma is working with community members to raise awareness for kids in the foster care system. Throughout the month of April, you will find paper dolls dressed in kids clothing in ...

Mattel's move comes during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Tens of thousands of children will get to see a part of themselves reflected in new Barbie and Ken dolls. Mattel announced Wednesday that ...