Morton (15) brings up D. W. Winnicott in a lament about our rejection of "childish things"
he brings up Winnicott's concept of the "transitional object"--nonhuman things that allow "one to mature from play to reality"--an opposition which Morton critically notes is "telling"
blankets, stuffed animals, bits of soft cloth (these things are not mentioned in Morton, but I looked up "transitional object")