A gaggle of earnest dolls in historic costumes are threatening to dethrone Barbie. How'd they do it?

My father said my confessional writing humiliated him. We got along best when I had an ailment he could fix

Thanks to developments in the field of "teledildonics," quick and easy cybersex is becoming an option for anyone with a mouse. Could Internet-enabled sex toys soon become must-haves for online daters?

Toys teach girls that "their bodies constantly need to be improved,” Peggy Orenstein tells Salon

From the Fukuoku 9000 to a Hello Kitty vibrator, gals test-drive the newest bedroom playthings and report the results.

A small press lends an ear to the airwaves.

The toy company is copying the Marvel blueprint with UNO, Hot Wheels, Barney and more – and we're already tired

San Francisco is filled with pink moustaches and it is pissing people off. But it's also kind of cool

Lead-tainted toys continue to be recalled. But toy makers and China don't deserve all the blame. U.S. regulators have been napping.

A new study analyzed how toddlers respond when they see dogs that need help getting a treat

They're the under-20 gamers, singers, toy unboxers, and vloggers of YouTube — and your kids are watching them

Hasbro's Rose Petal Cottage gives little girls a chance to live out their housewife fantasies.

Pixar's latest melancholy parenting saga finds wondrous terrain within a tween girl on the cusp of big changes

When toys can be fun and educational, that's a good thing -- not something to spark prudish anxieties

"My world has changed but I have not," says the rumored front-runner for the Nobel Peace Prize