Dolls are one of the most common and oldest types of toys and dolls have been found buried with children from civilizations going back thousands of years. It is unlikely that the appeal of dolls as playthings will ever decrease, and you can almost guarantee that any little girl you meet will have a selection of dolls, along with a baby doll pram and other accessories. Even children living in very poor countries will often have some kind of doll, often handmade from scraps of fabric and other materials lying around. So why are dolls such a popular toy? These playthings are a miniature representation of a human being and so children are programmed to automatically respond to them from a young age. Very… Read the rest