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On last Friday's Chiko-chan will scold you, they had a segment on why children love stuffed animals?

Apparently, they like them in order to separate from parents. Newborn babies are in a state that they can't distinguish from themselves and their parents. When a baby cries, you give them build and hold it. Eventually, the parent have to make the baby transition to the real world that they can't eat right away or be hugged, that they are not omnipotent.

A stuffed animal is considered an alien object to the baby to help reduce the anxiety and a substitute to a parent, which can also be blankets and towels to help them grow up. While people graduate from them out of pressure, most have them since it give them sense of security and healing, that even adults have favorite stuffed animals.

Of course, which one is popular with a children? They have a young girl pick a stuffed animal. Parents and grandparents picked one out, which involved a Miffy, a panda bear, gorilla, and a lopped ear bunny. Of course, the girl picked the panda bear. Everyone seems to love panda bears.

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@chikorita157 I have a stuffed Snoopy doll that is as old as me. Got him when I was born.