Why it’s ok to still love stuffed animals

There comes a time in your adult life where having a ton of stuffed animals will get you the weird looks of, “How old are you again?”  I’m 21 and, yes, I still have most of my stuffed animals … And, yes, I’ve added to the collection since being at college.  Now, there are the animals that the significant other has given me.  The special teddy bear (or penguin, moose, two turtles and hedgehog) that the boyfriend gives the girlfriend so she always has something to cuddle with when they aren’t together.  Stuffed animals are seen as a crutch, a childish need to be comforted by an inanimate object.  There are undoubtedly adults in the world who refuse to become adults and so cling to that child-like view of stuffed animals.  I’d like to present a different opinion.