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elleng

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Mon Mar 13, 2017, 03:00 PM Mar 2017

Did You Have A Blankie As A Kid? Heres What That Says About Adult You.

*Whether it’s a blanket, a stuffed animal, or any scrap of something soft, comfort objects, also known as transitional objects, are used by many children as a way to soothe themselves without the help of their parents. In 1951, child psychologist Dr. D.W. Winnicott first defined the transitional object as “any material to which an infant attributes a special value and by means of which the child is able to make the necessary shift from the earliest oral relationship with mother to genuine object-relationships.”

In other words, these security blankets enable children to establish connections to the outside world, apart from the mother. Such objects are commonly adopted when children go off to school or daycare as a way to ease the separation anxiety they experience away from Mom and Dad.'>>>

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Did You Have A Blankie As A Kid? Heres What That Says About Adult You. (Original Post) elleng Mar 2017 OP
Very interesting! eom fleur-de-lisa Mar 2017 #1
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