There's no difference between how I play with my dolls now and plushies and how I used to because it's all coming from the same place and now as then when I'm feeling sad it helps me cope with everything that's go on. My littlespace matters.
I slept during my earlier childhood with a teddy bear named after my first Headteacher because he reminded me of the warm affectionate, adult authority figure this man was in my life, taking an interest in me and disciplining me in his office whenever I needed it.
In my world as a child this bear was there keeping an eye on me as I slept so perhaps it's no wonder when I look upon his spanking of me, I associate it with a warm fuzzy feeling of love and affection.
As an Adult Middle teddy bears are very much a part of my life, less as an adult collecting things but as an object of affection I can clutch and hug whenever I feel the need meeting my child-like needs. I cuddle them after my spankies.
Perhaps if boarding was your thing, you'd send me to a all girls day school
You'd insist I looked the part in my uniform with blazer, blouse, tie and skirt, walking tall, holding ones workbooks properly so I projected a smart confident way.
We'd be inspected before being allowed in.