Stuffed animals and sentiments

Stuffed animals are generally a child’s play toy and they introduced to them at the age of one or more that is because they can sometimes be hazardous to very small children or infants. Although these stuffed toys are lifeless things they possess a very sentimental value for their users. There exists a certain kind of attachment between the stuffed animals and its owner that prevails for a very long time even after that child grows up. This is because these toys provide comfort to kids during their childhood and they share almost every feeling with these toys. These connections can be seen in photographs where nearly every child is seen clutching stuffed animals, holding them hugging them and maintaining a physical connection with them.

As a child grows older the stuffed animals starts getting replaced with friends and pets but still sometimes the people are seen longing for their stuffed toys in times of sorrow and despair. People tend to keep their stuffed animals although they know that they won’t be using or needing them anymore this is because after all those years of companionship it is difficult to suddenly part ways so people just store them deep in their closets or in attics.

Sometimes sentimental people also collect these stuffed animals and they keep them in their bedrooms even when they get to college, they also encourage their friends to give them stuffed animals as gifts on occasions such as birthdays and Christmas so that they could keep on increasing their treasure.

A funny example of such partnership was shown in a famous Disney Show Hannah Montana where a girl who is nervous on her first day of High School takes her childhood friend which is a stuffed animal with her to school. She kept it in her bag and took it out to comfort herself when she felt nervous.

The famous comedy character Mister Bean is also known to keep a tiny stuffed teddy bear with himself, this teddy bear is the sole companion of Mr. Bean and he takes it with him where ever he goes either it is a picnic, a Christmas part, the disco and even the men’s room. 

Stuffed animals are a symbol of love, sensitivity and passion. These toys are usually found with people who possess these attributes also these toys can be considered as the most faithful honest and everlasting companions a person can find.