In childhood development, a transitional object is something, usually a physical object, which takes the place of or supplements the mother-child bond. The item helps provide comfort especially in unusual or unique situations or at bedtime. In many instances children will give names and personalities to their transitional objects. Common examples include dolls, teddy bears or blankets.
Baby BearWee Little Baby
Big BirdTeddy Bird
ElmoBlanket
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Fozzie Bearteddy bear
GrizzySoggypants Sandy
Herry Monsterteddy monster
JakeDucky
JuliaFluffster
Telly MonsterSoftie
Telly MonsterClark
TutterKitty
ZoeRocco
Mentions
- Grover mentions his Teddy Monster in the 1991 storybook I Want to Be a Fire Fighter.
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transitional objects and inanimate toys
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Okay, I've got it: to avoid confusion in the naming, I'll merge Inanimate toys into 2016-09-18T21:44:21Z
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That's fine with me (and I don't really mind "inanimate objects" as a title, although we also have 2016-09-18T22:50:20Z
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