Playing with Barbie dolls helps children improve vital social skills and develop empathy, a new study has found.

Psychologists at Cardiff University and King’s College London compared children given dolls with those given video games ...

Pretend play will be so important as your child grows into an adult. The ability to make up a narrative and tell a story is something that is needed for your child to be successful at school and in ...

This content was paid for by an advertiser. It was produced by our commercial team and did not involve HuffPost editorial staff. When I was little, I used to stay up late, talking to my Barbies, ...

Breast Milk Baby, a doll that lets children pretend they are breast feeding, is on its way to American retail stores. The doll, which makes motions and sucking noises, is an international hit for ...

For this year's Great American Toy Test, about 12,000 expert toy testers in 101 daycares in 64 cities checked out toys in all sorts of categories. They played and played until they came up with these ...