Several years ago, Lisa Robertson created a Facebook support group to discuss the ups and downs of parenthood. It’s a sanctuary where people from all over the world make pregnancy announcements, trade ...

Ever heard of reborn dolls? They are silicone or vinyl sculptures meticulously crafted to look and feel like real babies. Here’s how Singaporean artist Andrea Lee turned her childhood hobby of ...

Kiersten is a mother not to human children but to dolls—specifically “reborn” dolls, a specialized class of hyperrealistic faux babies that inspire spooked curiosity in casual observers and fanatical ...

In the Reborning subculture, collectors “adopt” hyper-realistic artificial babies–impeccably crafted from vinyl, glass, doe suede, and up to eighty layers of paint. The “parents” care for their dolls ...

"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 Laura Ise; Coly Trigg/TikTok Lifelike dolls, known as reborn dolls, have been ...

An aspiring mum who owns 15 reborn dolls to “practise” parenting worries Kira Cousins’ fake baby scandal reinforces the idea doll owners are “crazy”. Jess Ellis, 29, started making and collecting the ...

While her body was still healing, Christina tells PEOPLE she initially wanted nothing to do with her reborn dolls Christina Keeler Christina Keeler is opening up about finding comfort in her reborn ...