Photo: Niki Coffman
Five-year-old Archer "Archie" Coffman rarely sees himself reflected in the toy aisles. So when Fisher-Price sent a Little People toy that looked just like him, he didn't put it down all day. His adopted mother, Niki Coffman, 38, says it is important "to have toys and and books that look like Archer, because that's how they understand that brown skin isn't less than." Niki and husband Andrew adopted Archer shortly after his birth but his mother, KKay, remains part of his life. On his fifth birthday, when Niki asked people to donate diverse and inclusive toys to his preschool, there were a lot of Little People toys. Her thank you letter to Fisher-Price inspired the company's design team."We know that when kids play with Little People they are playing out scenarios they see in the world around them, and feeling like they are a part of that world is critical," said design vice-president Gary Weber.
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