Donate them! I work in a restaurant. We have a section for kids toys and games. I put my own old toys and stuffed animals there. You cannot imagine how much joy it gives me to see children playing with the very same stuffed animals that I loved. - Erin

Do inanimate objects care if you get rid of them?  No, they don't!  Thank the Universe for the use of the Teddy Bear, and then throw it out.  Perform a ceremony if necessary. Be grateful that you are now an adult with better ways to comfort yourself.  Free yourself from the childhood object as you free yourself from the childish ways. - Kathi

I felt for the lady with the teddy bear. I have in the past had that same issue, and I just kept the item (for years) until I was able to look at it and say, "I don't feel the same way about it any longer. Then it felt good to let it go. - Anne

Although it was a sad day, I felt SO good when I said goodbye to my bear collection - 25 of them - knowing they would be welcomed into someone else's home. I took photos of them before I packed them up. - Collete

Some ideas... For collectors, some of the most prized bears look well worn, well loved - check out the books of collectible bears at your local bookstore or library. Photos of well worn bears are also wonderful as greeting cards - photograph your bear and use the photos. An antique toy store might want your bear to be part of a window display. Check Craigslist, Google, etc. for photographers, collectors, or bear makers.  There are clubs for all of these. - Evelyn

Well Karen, you always say, keep what you need or love. If you still love your teddy bear, why get rid of it? I do not have any problems with keeping one or two things from my childhood. I have a special place for them - a memory box. It is not that big and does not take much space. Every time when I go through my box I get warm inside. Sometimes I feel that something in the memory box does not need to be there anymore. Then I get rid of it. And sometimes I put a new thing in the memory box. But the size of the box remains the same. I think we all need a memory box or drawer for that special things. - Pia

 
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