Many owners use these dolls to cope with grief, infertility, anxiety, or depression.

Kathleen takes excellent care of her “baby.” She rocks her, cuddles her and tucks her in for naps. Kathleen is an elderly dementia patient at Oakmont Healthcare in Katy, and she is unaware that the ...

"You see a doll, I see a baby that I never got to hold,” a woman said after receiving criticism for having a reborn doll Sam Gillette is a Staff Writer on the Human Interest team at PEOPLE. She first ...

It’s a sanctuary where people from all over the world make pregnancy announcements, trade advice on infant feeding and share ultrasound photos. Some meet for in-person playdates and mail each other ...

I played with baby dolls until what would probably be considered “too old,” about age 14. I consider this a developmentally appropriate activity, but my friends, maintaining the attitude that they ...