| What is a security blanket? A security blanket is a | | | | feel secure and safe. Stuffed animals can also act as |
| familiar item, often a blanket, that provides comfort. | | | | security objects. For some, the blanket may remind |
| You probably had a security blanket as a baby or | | | | them of their mother. When they don’t have |
| child. You might have brought it around with you | | | | their mother around, the blanket reminds them of her |
| wherever you went, gave it a strange name because | | | | and they feel safer. |
| you couldn’t pronounce blanket, and used it so | | | | Is it okay to have a security blanket? Some studies |
| much it got nearly worn out. | | | | have show that kids that have security blankets are |
| Should kids have a security blanket? Sometimes | | | | often less attached to their mothers and cope better |
| when we think of security blankets and whether or | | | | with anxiety situations. It seems to help them adjust |
| not they will benefit a child we think of how hard it is | | | | to independence better. It is important for us to |
| for kids to give up their security blanket. I remember | | | | have a good relationship with our mothers, as well as |
| when my sister had a security blanket. She carried it | | | | our children, but everyone needs some independence. |
| around with her wherever she went. It soon became | | | | If a child can’t live without their mother as a |
| very worn out and my parents were afraid she had | | | | baby, how will they cope as they grow up? How will |
| become too attached to it and wanted to clean it | | | | they cope with life when they are adults? |
| and put it away before it got so worn that she | | | | Whether a child uses a security blanket or stuffed |
| couldn’t use it anymore. | | | | animal or has a strong attachment to their mother |
| My mom even made her a new one, but it | | | | may affect how they deal with independence, or it |
| wasn’t the same and it didn’t catch on. | | | | may not. What’s most important is that they |
| Eventually I think they took it away and she lived. | | | | have a healthy relationship with their parents and |
| They gave it back to her years later and it was a | | | | those around them and are able to be independent. |
| nice memory for her. | | | | Do you want more information about baby security |
| A security blanket can mean a lot to a child. It is | | | | blankets? |
| called a security blanket because it makes the child | | | | |