Separation Anxiety: It’s Not Just for Toddlers

Kate Stone Lombardi
Human Parts
Published in
5 min readMay 9, 2023

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Sometimes, Adults Need Something to Cuddle Too

I’m a grown woman — okay, a woman who belongs to AARP — who sleeps with a stuffed animal.

For most of my life, I didn’t feel the need to clutch a small, cuddly toy to make it through the night. But now I’ve come full circle, and don’t mind people knowing.

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Kate Stone Lombardi
Human Parts

Journalist/author. Contributor NYT 20+ years. Also WSJ, Time.com, GH, AARP, more. Author: Mama’s Boy Myth (Penguin/Avery 2012). Cook. Besotted grandmother.