Why children love their security blankets

Every parent of a young child knows how emotionally attached children can become to a soft toy or blanket that they sleep with every night. New research, published today in the international journal Cognition, suggests that this might be because children think the toy or blanket has a unique property or ‘essence’.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news92498814.html">Why children love their security blankets</a></p> <p>Every parent of a young child knows how emotionally attached children can become to a soft toy or blanket that they sleep with every night. New research, published today in the international journal <i>Cognition</i>, suggests that this might be because children think the toy or blanket has a unique property or ‘essence’.</p>