Children, Discipline and Security Toys/Blankets

[lavender]

Did you have a toy that you couldn't be without as a child? Did you have a security blanket?

If you are a parent, did/do your kids have such items? How seriously attached are they to these items? When the item is lost what happens?

The reason I ask this, is because I was recently on a flight that made me realize that addiction starts early in children. Right before the door was about to shut to the plane, the woman behind me realizes that her daughter's favorite teddy bear was inside the airport - they had lost it. Well, the flight crew couldn't find it - blah blah blah, and then realized that her relative had it and sent a message that they would fed ex the fucking bear.

So, for 3 hours all the entire plane got to hear was the little 3 year old screaming at the top of her lungs - "I want my beaw, I want my beaw."

The mother did nothing to shut the little bitch up. I'm sorry, I feel for the child. But goddammit, a part of me hopes she never gets that fucking bear ever again.

 

[morninggirl5]

I still have my stuffed monkey. My uncle gave it to me when i was a baby.



Think about it from a scared three-year-old perspective. The airplane flight could have been scary, wouldn't you want some security?

 

[tyme]

My old two sons each have something. The oldest Monster Bear from Disneys Monsters Inc. We have left it at grandmas and he was upset for maybe 5-10 min but that was all. He is attached but not too much. My second child is the same way with a blanket we just went 3 weeks with out it and he was fine. But he is happy that it is back. I use it for my kids to help them for when they are going to spend the night someplace.

 

[Monazwx]

I have a favourite pillow. Does that count?
It's comfortable okay.

 

[Epiphany]

When kids each have favorite "Puffalumps" that they sleep with, as well as their baby blankets. They like having them, but don't freak if we go on a trip and forget them. Although, I have trekked though malls and grocery stores looking for lost Puffy's...then we made a rule: Puffy's and Blankets stay home unless we are going on an overnight trip...

I still sleep with a kitty cat I got when I was four and had to be hospitalized.

 

[tyme]

Think about it from a scared three-year-old perspective. The airplane flight could have been scary, wouldn't you want some security?

I agree but if you were gonna take a kid on a plane what would you do?

I would check 50 times to make sure I had that damn bear had games, candy anything to help keep that kid as quiet as could be then get on. I would not want my child to cry that long.

 

[perks]

I lived in NH, I was leaving for Art School in Philadelphia. I was about an hour away from my house and started bawling cause I'd forgotten my blanky.

I'll kill ya if you tell anyone that.

 

[Pyper]

When my mother threw away my "Nookie" (pacifier) when I was two, I had a COW. The mere mention of it would start me crying again until I was ten.

I had a blanket as well, named Custard, who I eventually retired because he was more hole than blanket when I was still in elementary school.

My stuffed dinosaur, Denny, came with me to college, but not to Spain. I think I truly became an adult there, and I now find myself indifferent to all my childhood toys. It makes me very sad to realize that they are now dead to me: just cotton and stuffing instead of the friends I knew and loved.

 

[Basia]

I collect teddy bears, I have for as long as I can remember. I have one, though, that if I'm staying some place over night (save for my guy's house) I need! I even brought him with me when I stayed in the dorms over night. I know why I have the attachment to this bear though. It smells like my grandmother. Sounds silly, but I was really close with her. The anaversary of her death is comming up, and I've been useing Teddy more and more lately...

 

[Angel]

Did you have a toy that you couldn't be without as a child? Did you have a security blanket?

Nope.

Explains a lot huh?

 

[deliciously_naughty]

i still have my seaseme street blankie

and now I have a teddy bear that I got just before I left for college ('97) that has even been to france with me

While I wouldn't cry, I would be upset to lose my bear

but if I were that child's mom, I'd make damn sure we had a deathgrip on the bear, esp if the kid was scared of flying

 

[Johnny Mayberry]

I was deathly afriad of the dark as a child, so while other children had blankies of pacifiers, I had a Wiffle bat and a flashlight. Later, I traded up to a glow-in-the-dark He-Man sword, then a light-up lightsaber.

 

[deliciously_naughty]

I was deathly afriad of the dark as a child, so while other children had blankies of pacifiers, I had a Wiffle bat and a flashlight. Later, I traded up to a glow-in-the-dark He-Man sword, then a light-up lightsaber.

LOL

I had a she-ra sword for awhile

 

[Johnny Mayberry]

I still have a hard time sleeping in the dark...I'm not afraid, of course, but I'm just so used to it, you know?

 

[His_kitty]

If you are a parent, did/do your kids have such items? How seriously attached are they to these items? When the item is lost what happens?

My son had a blanket he'd slept with from birth. It has satin trim and for as long as I can remember he's rubbed that satin while he drifts off. The lady that made it for him has had to replace that trim a few times and he hates being without it.

He's so attached to it that it was one of the very first things I grabbed when my home was on fire. I just knew that here he was losing everything he's ever had in his life, everything he's ever made or saved was gone... that he'd need that blanket more than ever.

I tucked him in the other night, wrapping that lil blankie firmly around his body, watching his fingers stroking that material and smiled because while I might have lost everything.. at least my son still has his blanket.

 

[Cheyenne]

Did you have a toy that you couldn't be without as a child? Did you have a security blanket?

Nope! I had lots of stuffed animals but none that I "had" to have.

 

[Silverlily]

I had a blanket until I was about five. We were going home from a visit to grandma's and I realised as we pulled out of her driveway that I had left the blanket behind. My dad didn't want to stop and told me to "get over it".

That was my first lesson that I wasn't worth five minutes of my father's time and to this day "get over it" is grounds to end relationships. It's amazing the emotions that can be attached to a piece of fluff.

 

[red_rose]

I once decided to have sympathy security issues as a child. My sister had a bear that she *had* to have in order to sleep at night. Being 4 years older and never having had that problem, I guess I was intrigued by her and the bear. One day, I decided I was going to be the same way with this stuffed dog I had.

That lasted for about a week before I realized how silly it was. lol

I think that adults (or maybe it's just me!) can have similar issues with material objects. I'll have a favorite pair of shoes... or a favorite pair of jeans. And I'll just wear the hell out of them until they're no longer decent to wear in public. lol Even then, I'll hold on to them for a bit before I throw them away.

 

[Gil_Favor]

The mother did nothing to shut the little bitch up. I'm sorry, I feel for the child. But goddammit, a part of me hopes she never gets that fucking bear ever again. [/B]

You'll be a great mother

 

[sunstruck]

I have a bear, Jimmy Bear, lol. He's a stuffed animal hand puppet I've had since I was two and while I'm well over the security need for him I do still have him on my dresser.

My earliest memory is comming home from the doctors with the flu and seeing my dad sitting on the front steps with Jimmy on his hand. The way he was holding him it looked nothing like a puppet.

He's been dropped into bathtubs, out of car windows, into a well (fortunately he landed in the bucket) and he looks far worse for the wear, lol but I don't think he'll ever not be with me. Now he's just enjoying retirement on my dresser. lmao

 

[bad kitty]

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My son had a blanket he'd slept with from birth. It has satin trim and for as long as I can remember he's rubbed that satin while he drifts off. The lady that made it for him has had to replace that trim a few times and he hates being without it.

He's so attached to it that it was one of the very first things I grabbed when my home was on fire. I just knew that here he was losing everything he's ever had in his life, everything he's ever made or saved was gone... that he'd need that blanket more than ever.

I tucked him in the other night, wrapping that lil blankie firmly around his body, watching his fingers stroking that material and smiled because while I might have lost everything.. at least my son still has his blanket.

Ok, this touched my heart and brought tears to my eyes. Damn prgnancy hormones! I hate to cry.

Apparently I had a blanky when i was a baby til I was 2 or so, but nothing really after that.

 

[Angel]

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You'll be a great mother

Oh please. Most people have those thoughts, whether they mean it or not when something like that happens. Even if they love and adore children.

 

[Gil_Favor]

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Oh please. Most people have those thoughts, whether they mean it or not when something like that happens. Even if they love and adore children.

To refer to a 3 year old girl as a "little bitch" speaks for itself....

 

[Rubyfruit]

Perspectives on screaming children on airplanes change from annoyance to sympathy once you're a parent.

;-)

 

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