Stuffed toy
A stuffed animal is a plush (or other soft material ) existing children's toys in animal - or even often in the form of failed imagination. The most popular form of a stuffed animal is the teddy bear.
A stuffed animal is often given to a child in infancy and " accompanied " it then throughout childhood. For this reason, children often have a close bond with their stuffed animal, even then, if this already has been damaged and worn. Although the stuffed animal is in itself a non- living object, he is seen in the fanciful imagination of the child as a living being that is the child on the one hand and entrusted the other hand, serves as a protector or playmate of the child.
Stuffed animals can be more comforters, sleeping aids, friends, companions, collectibles and much more. In emergency services increasingly Stuffed Animals are used in young patients to distract them from pain and unfamiliar situation. The psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott described the function of the stuffed animal in the concept of transitional object, by means of which the child auffange the output from the symbiotic mother -child relationship in infancy.
The personification of a stuffed animal can be observed not only in children. Adults can also have intimate ties with plush animals and they even named. In this case, the child's imagination comes into play, which keep some people their lives. Especially stuffed animal collections are widely used in today's society. Stuffed animals may be considered even as a full-fledged family members. Not just a child makes it fun to spoil his stuffed animal. In modern times, even global leisure travel Cuddly Animals are offered, which are organized and supervised by an agency and documented the trip with photos for the owner.
An illustration on the child - cuddly relationship from the perspective of the child's experience is drawn, for example, in the comic books Calvin and Hobbes.
- Different Stuffed Animals
Teddy bear
Cat ( with a human face ), two teddy bears, rabbit, monkey and dog ( Snoopy)