“I didn’t encourage my daughter to play with Barbie dolls and dress up in flouncy fairy costumes, but she just gravitated toward them.” ...

Left: Merida as she appeared in Brave (2012) and Right: a  promotional image from Merida's induction into the Disney Princess range....

The new model of Hasbro's Easy-Bake Oven Even if the end of the Mayan calendar cycle doesn't bring forth the apocalypse, a shop...

Jem and Stormer of Jem and the Holograms c.1986 During the past week in London, I've managed to fit in some unofficial research ab...

This is a chance for another materially deprived childhood recollection. I had always wanted a My Little Pony, which was quite the trend in ...

Somehow cereal lead me to Fulla. I was reading about how extruded cereals are purportedly very unhealthy (an unpublished study conducted wit...

For a start, I feel old because I did not know there even was a "Generation Z" until I read the newspaper today. I'm also supp...

I am totally fascinated by the idea of the American Girl dolls. Not only does the range include contemporary and historical American Girl do...