Playing with Barbie dolls can significantly enhance children's social skills and foster empathy, a new study has revealed.

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When I learned my mom had saved my Barbie dolls, I worried about letting my daughter play with them. I was concerned that playing with Barbies would negatively affect her self esteem. But when I let ...

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

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

The latest peer-reviewed findings from the third year of the study from Cardiff University suggest that doll play could be a beneficial playtime experience for children with varying social ...

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 ...

Many parents have doubts about buying Barbie dolls. But two psychologists say youngsters playing is less about the toys in and of themselves and more about the stories they use them to tell.

How playing with Barbie dolls can improve children’s social skills - ...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) announced that Barbie and a team of neuroscientists at Cardiff University have released the latest findings from a multi-year study ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Mattel, Inc. unveiled today its first-ever autistic Barbie doll created with guidance from the autistic community to represent common ways autistic people may experience, ...