ST. LOUIS — Though many might never admit it publicly, a new survey finds that four in ten adult Americans still sleep with a teddy bear at night. And many of those bears are the same bears kept from childhood.
The popular custom teddy bear outlet Build-A-Bear Workshop commissioned a new survey with over 2,000 Americans to gauge their views on their furry friends, and came away with some surprising findings.
More than half of the survey participants indicated they currently owned a stuffed animal, and 40 percent indicated the toy joins them at bedtime. Perhaps most surprisingly, most of the plush toys out there are no spring chickens — 56 percent of those polled said that they’ve held onto their favorite stuffed animal from childhood for at least two decades.
This perhaps is a reflection of the fact that 72 percent of respondents want to keep their stuffed animal forever.
As for the feelings and emotions associated with one’s stuffed animal, 30 percent said that they thought of comfort, 22 percent thought of the person who gave them the toy, and 19 percent thought about the appearance of their most dear animal.
Geography played a minor role in determining one’s likelihood of having a plush animal, with 75 percent of adults in the southern U.S. owning such a toy, compared to 72 percent of those in the midwest and 70 percent of those in northeastern states.
“As children develop independence from their parents, they still yearn for a secure bond with something. In many cases, children turned to stuffed animals, including teddy bears, to help them through this transition,” says best-selling author Dr. Shefali Tsabary of the survey’s findings in a press release.
“As we enter adulthood and leave home for the first time, it’s not surprise that the same object re-enters our life, providing comfort while also helping us work through feelings of uncertainty as we transition into a new life stage,” adds Tsabary.
The survey, conducted in August ahead of National Teddy Bear Day (Sept. 9), was carried out by a third-party firm on behalf of Build-A-Bear.
About a quarter of respondents had children between the ages of five and 10.
i think your numbers are a little skewed. and your stupid bears cost like a hundred bucks so damn right people want to keep them forever
I call B.S. on this story.
I think people just make stuff up or maybe the polling was done at one liberal sorority house. Either way, stupid.
I agree this is more FAKE NEWS
Yup, if it’s not fake news it’s an ad for teddy bear company, either way it’s rubbish but you watch, as many of the lemmings start buying useless teddy bears because they can’t figure out how to have a human relationship with anyone, including their spouse.
Only reason to have a Teddy Bear on the bed is if it’s a good place to hide your Glock.
Good one!
That’s a fantastic idea. Maybe I’ll built my own bear after all.
it all depends upon who took the survey, if it was done in rural Texas I would call b.s. too, but if it was taken in NYC then I could believe it. Depends on how many playdoh boys took the survey.
Have you watched the tv ads aimed at young adults? Teddy bears, squirrels and super heroes..
This is why we call them snowflakes.
Stop that! You are offending the Teddy Bear sleepers with your anti plush-toy statements! RACIST!
I think we should have legislation for separate Teddy Bear bathrooms. I know I would like to marry my Teddy bear, but I don’t think it’s legal- yet. This world is so facist!
Have you met many millennialx?
No matter the number, they’re still all liberals and still ignorant.
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Everybody ahas an agenda. It has become an information battle, starting with our schools.
You’ll need one if you live in Vermont.
Gotta admit I am curious as to how this piece of fiction was created.
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And in other news, Rep. Gutierrez states new study shows 93% of Americans want Open Borders and Amnesty for all Hispanics in the country illegally.
It also found that all of them were democrats.
What else would pajama-boy sleep with?
You just won the internet for the day!
The 40% of adults that still sleep with their Teddy Bear also, still live with Mommy and Daddy because they were never made to take any responsibility for their own life. In the normal world, you don’t have time for a Teddy because that space it taken by your children and grandchildren.
and I know just where those snowflakes are coming from. I recently found out that many lib parents allow their children to sleep with them until very late ages, sometimes early teen years. They expect these children to be so sensitive and dependent on them that they will take care of them in later years. It’s sick.
But, they all received trophies for participation. If it weren’t for stupidity, what else would liberals have to show.
No kidding — my brother married an African woman and the entire household (4 “kids” including their grown late-teenhood son and daughter) still sleep in the same bed/room.
this story is bovine excrement
Liberalism is a severe sickness!
#MAGA
Well IF the numbers are true and it is only liberals-
Math says we are in big trouble.
No. Most of them are too afraid to leave the house even to vote.
I thought that too but somehow Hillary won the popular vote. Or, was that the Russians who helped her do that. Or was it the Mexicans. We need to build a wall!
Nonsense, the more enlightened adults sleep with Unicorns and other associated fantasy characters. Democrats sleep with Hillary, but there’s nothing new there.
Daniel Steingold, do you think think we’re stupid? You’ve just thrown your credibility out the window.
Another fake story to generate ad revenue.
Comfort for nervous SJW’s. After a busy day of Play-Doh and coloring books, they can suck their thumbs while holding their teddy bears at night.
Flat out fake news.
Millenials are so adorable.
Who would be stupid enough to admit they still sleep with their Teddy Bear?
SNOWFLAKES.
… perverts …I really didn’t need to know … 😉
Who comes up with this crap?