The control group of girls, ages 4 to 7, who played with a Mrs. Potato Head reported having more possible career choices, nearly as many as they reported for boys. Girls who play with Barbie dolls ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Young girl playing with Barbie dolls. Barbie, the iconic fashion doll launched by Mattel in 1959, has long been a beloved toy for ...

Barbie has launched a new study which shows conclusively that doll play helps kids develop empathy. With kids home from school and parents concerned that they aren’t getting enough social interactions ...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) unveiled today its first-ever autistic Barbie doll created with guidance from the autistic community to represent common ways autistic ...

Despite the overarching message of the Barbie movie, Barbie herself has faced protracted criticism over the years for the doll’s effects on the self-image of young girls. Barbie hasn’t been evolving ...

With the blockbuster success of the "Barbie" movie and the related expansion of Barbie branding and merchandising, educators and parents may find themselves wondering about Barbie's original purpose: ...

It was the summer of 1977. Barbara Millicent Roberts wasn’t quite out of her teens when she accompanied my father and me to my first backroom poker game. I was a shy but precocious five-year-old who ...

Is Barbie "aspirational" or "unrealistic"; "imaginative" or "limiting"; "adored" or "forbidden"? That's what a new Mattel-sponsored video wants to find out. The film series, collectively called "The ...

Barbie is, first and foremost, a plaything. But in her storied 60+ years among us, we’ve come to imbue Mattel’s wünderproduct with a myriad of meanings, many of them conflicting. That’s because we’ve ...