Changes

==Etymology==

==Etymology==

[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French cunforter, comforter, from Late Latin confortare to strengthen greatly, from [[Latin]] com- + fortis strong

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French cunforter, comforter, from Late Latin confortare to strengthen greatly, from [[Latin]] com- + fortis strong

*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Century 13th century]

*Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Century 13th century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1 : to give [[strength]] and [[hope]] to : cheer

*1 : to give [[strength]] and [[hope]] to : cheer

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Comfort''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Comfort '''''this link'''''].</center>

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Comfort''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Comfort '''''this link'''''].</center>

==Description==

==Description==

A comfort object is an item used to provide [[psychological]] '''comfort''', especially in unusual or [[unique]] situations, or at bedtime for small [[children]]. Among toddlers, comfort objects may take the form of a blanket, a stuffed [[animal]], or a favorite toy, and may be referred to by the terms blankey and lovey.

A comfort object is an item used to provide [[psychological]] '''comfort''', especially in unusual or [[unique]] situations, or at bedtime for small [[children]]. Among toddlers, comfort objects may take the form of a blanket, a stuffed [[animal]], or a favorite toy, and may be referred to by the terms blankey and lovey.

Stuffed animals may be given by [[emergency]] [[medical]] services workers, police, and others to [[victims]] of [[disasters]] such as fires and [[crime]]. After the [[911|September 11]] [[attack]]s, writes Marita Sturken in Tourists of History, "the Oklahoma City National Memorial sent six hundred teddy bears and then the state of Oklahoma sent sixty thousand stuffed [[animals]] to New York, which were [[distributed]] to [[children]] in schools affected by 9/11, [[family]] [[support]] [[organizations]], and New York fire stations."

Stuffed animals may be given by [[emergency]] [[medical]] services workers, police, and others to [[victims]] of [[disasters]] such as fires and [[crime]]. After the [[911|September 11]] [[attack]]s, writes Marita Sturken in Tourists of History, "the Oklahoma City National Memorial sent six hundred teddy bears and then the state of Oklahoma sent sixty thousand stuffed [[animals]] to New York, which were [[distributed]] to [[children]] in schools affected by 9/11, [[family]] [[support]] [[organizations]], and New York fire stations."

Closely [[related]] to the [[concept]] of a comfort object is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_blanket security blanket], a term made famous by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Schulz Charles Schulz] in his comic strip [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanuts Peanuts], in which the character [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_van_Pelt Linus] was almost always seen with his blanket in hand.

Closely [[related]] to the [[concept]] of a comfort object is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_blanket security blanket], a term made famous by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Schulz Charles Schulz] in his comic strip [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanuts Peanuts], in which the character [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_van_Pelt Linus] was almost always seen with his blanket in hand.

[[Category: Psychology]]

[[Category: Psychology]]