NO!!!!! I used to go to a babysitters house [when I was 11] and I had to sleep there [we got the around 6 and I didn't get picked up by the bus until 8] and I couldn't sleep w/o my teddy bear (Maple, he was destroyed by a kid there :'( ) and I used to get picked on, because I carried Maple on and off of the bus in my hand. I didn't give a crap WHAT they thought. I still sleep w/ one of my stuffed animals, unless I fall asleep too quickly to remember [school is SOO exhausting!!!].