My mom wants me to stop carrying them around the house and get rid of them. But I really like them, plus they keep me warm at night. I plan to keep them, but should I?
2006-12-14 16:20:17 · 27 answers · asked by dragon_girl441 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
Its normal to still cling to childhood artifacts during your early teens. At 13-14 the average boy or girl is in the early stages of puberty and kinda caught in a strange limbo between childhood and early adulthood. It takes a while to sort through things as you go from the simple world of Kool-Aid, Lunch Boxes, Rated-G movies, sleepovers, cheesy cartoons and getting toys. To the more complicated world of high school with sodas, lunch at Micky-D's, Rated-PG13 movies, dating, kissing, CD collections, teen shows and getting "cool".
Your home is supposed to be a place of safety and comfort where you don't have to get all dressed up or look and act a certain way to impress someone. If having stuffed animals, toys, and blankies in your room makes you comfortable than keep them... in time (once you get used to highschool and find your place) these childhood relics aren't needed to provide that old feeling of comfort and safety. In fact, as you get older these things will eventually become uncomfortable and a bit embarassing... that's when you know your ready to step completely out of childhood and start really exploring young adulthood.
By 15 your childhood toys and blankies should be out of the picture and either sold, given away, handed down to younger siblings, or packed away in boxes tucked in the closet. At this point you should be socializing, dating, and planning for things (like jobs or college) after you graduate and getting ready to step into full adulthood.
Keep them if you want, they're yours and you don't have to get rid of them until you feel like it. Just keep in mind that as you get older, your friends may not agree with your choices of room decorations when they come over.
2006-12-14 17:31:13 · answer #1 · answered by Rukh 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Blankies as in more than one? I hope you don't get rid of them but do try to keep it socially acceptable. I do think you should think about WHY you need them other than to sleep with and what you can do for an acceptable replacement. Would it be possible to cut off a piece of one that you can keep with you, perhaps in your pocket? Then you could just reach in and feel it when needed. But I still say if you need them, keep them just try to find a way that is more age appropriate. It's sure healthier & safer than what some other people turn to when in need of comfort.
2006-12-14 17:30:12 · answer #2 · answered by kitty 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry about it. You come across to me as intelligent and in touch with reality. However, you might need to humor your Mom a little and leave the blankies in your bedroom from now on. Just try it for a few days and see if you can begin a new phase of your life. If it makes Mom happier, it will be worth it. Have a great life, and I wish you the best of luck.
2006-12-14 16:42:00 · answer #3 · answered by In Honor of Moja 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not a big deal if thats really what happened, maybe they shouldn't have had the door closed, I'm not a parent, but I've been in the situation of being found in my boyfriends room, but we wern't doing anything, but we both were falling asleep but the door was closed his parents came home, and thats what it looked like, so I was banned from his room, and I didn't even do anything. But it depends on there age but if the parents are home and both parents know about it, its no big.
2016-05-24 18:18:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you love them why should you get rid of them? A blanket is a symbol of you childhood and it probably gives you great comfort and a feeling of calmness. There is nothing wrong with having this and tell you Mom that if it isn't illegal, or life threatening to not worry about it. My daughter still sleeps with her blanket that she always called Booey. We just all think that it's cute and she is a teenager as well. Good luck.
2006-12-14 16:29:46 · answer #5 · answered by Deirdre O 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My stuffed dog slept with me till I was about 13 - 14. My brother is 14 and he has a stuffed animal he still sleeps with. I see no problem with it. When your ready to give it up you will. Even if it's just putting it away. After all I'm 23 and I still have my stuffed dog, he's just put away in a box for safe keeping.
2006-12-14 16:24:53 · answer #6 · answered by Gypsy Cat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am 33 and i still sleep with my "blankie" however i dint think i would carry it around the house. Tell ur Mom you will compromise you will sleep with it and leave it in your bed.
2006-12-14 16:23:56 · answer #7 · answered by stephanie c 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
hello,
well i am 27 and i have always played with the underneath side of my hair in thin strands....it feels like a silky t-shirt tag....but any way i also have 2 children one has a ke-ke (blanket) and the other has no securities...it is called a security and something is missing from your life or you didn't get enough of one thing that your body longed for as a baby...but thats okay every one isn't perfect...i wish some times i could cut off all of my hair so i wouldn't play with it so much i put my self to sleep that way and that also sucks....but hey we all have clutches one way or another....it is okay to even have it in the public eye why be ashamed of what you do....i could care less what people think of me and what i do....so tell you mom that its okay to have a security....have fun with it and make the best of your life....
2006-12-18 14:24:45 · answer #8 · answered by wendy p 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't tell if you're serious with this question. If you are... there's a huge difference between sleeping with 'blankies' (which I do, seeing as mine was made by my Great-Grandmother and is very warm) and carrying them around the house. You need counselling or something, because you obviously have some unresolved issues.
2006-12-14 16:24:05 · answer #9 · answered by Sarah B 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Its not a bad thing, but I suggest when you get older to try and detach yourself from it because you dont want to be a college student with a blankie all the time.
2006-12-14 16:23:18 · answer #10 · answered by . 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋