A video of two girls playing with their dolls has gotten more than 3 million views on Facebook. Why? Likely because the footage, “Two White Girls Happy to Get Black American Girls for Christmas,” ...

Thanks to actresses such as Yara Shahidi and Amandla Stenberg, seeing young women of color on the small and big screen is more common than it used to be. When it comes to diversity in the toy world, ...

The babes in toyland are making way for real girls. More diversity is coming to the doll aisle with the multicultural Prettie Girls! Tween Scene collection launching nationally this October. Parents ...

When I was growing up, American Girl Dolls were a big deal. To receive one was a Major Life Moment: I vividly remember receiving my Kirsten doll for Christmas when I was seven. My sisters and I had ...

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 ...

Few toys enjoy three decades of growing popularity. More go the way of Cabbage Patch Kids or Care Bears — wildly popular for a while, then faded to nostalgic status. But American Girl turns 30 next ...

After 30 years of making dolls and publishing affirming girlhood stories, American Girl is set to release a third black doll. The story of the new Melody Ellison character is that she hails from ...