Viet Nam News LOS ANGELES — Over the years, Barbie has taken on many roles: beach beauty, scientist, even president of the United States. And now, she will work to help young girls close the so-called "Dream Gap." The doll’s maker Mattel on Tuesday announced a sweeping campaign in collaboration with university researchers to teach young girls to believe in themselves, and not to buy into sexist gender stereotypes. "Research has identified that starting at age five, many girls are less likely than boys to view their own gender as smart and begin to lose confidence in their own competence," Mattel said in a statement. The company will fund research and work on "rallying a community around supporting girls" through its multi-year Dream Gap Project. Mattel unveiled a new ad featuring young girls holding placards that read "Close the Dream Gap" and ties into Barbie’s "You Can Be Anything" campaign. The brand is working with researchers at New York University, and … [Read more...] about Barbie deployed to close ‘Dream Gap’ for young girls
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Vietnamese experts concerned about toxic Chinese fragrant learning tools
In recent years, many kinds of learning tools like pens, pencils, and notebooks imported from China have been manufactured with fragrance added and sold at a cheap price in Vietnam, luring more and more students and parents. Children say yes One of the most favorite items of elementary students is a kind of pencil which not only smells good but also looks beautiful with cartoon patterns. It is being sold at many bookstores in District 1, Phu Nhuan District, Tan Phu District, and Tan Binh District. Ha, the parent of Hoang My, a first grader in Tan Phu, said her daughter was fascinated by the kind of pencil her friends used at school and asker her mother to buy it for her. At a bookstore also in Tan Phu, a customer named Minh said her daughter has used nearly 10 pencils of that kind. "She has kept asking me to buy the same kind of that fragrant pencil every time she lost it," Minh said. The pencils have Chinese-language labels and are sold at a very cheap price, only from … [Read more...] about Vietnamese experts concerned about toxic Chinese fragrant learning tools
Lego’s latest brick trick: a virtual world
Millions of children pick up Lego bricks each year to spend hours -- 5 billion, in fact -- creating their own imaginary worlds. Now the manufacturer of the little plastic playing blocks wants to take them online to "Lego Universe," a virtual world for fans of the ubiquitous toy. An undated artist's impression shows a scene from 'Lego Universe,' a virtual world for fans of the ubiquitous toy … [Read more...] about Lego’s latest brick trick: a virtual world