Do you know why adults still sleep with cuddly toys? Whether you call them stuffed toys, cuddly toys or even plain old teddy bears, most of us associate the soft animal companions we used to go to bed with as children with exactly that; being children. There’s no written rule anywhere, but the general consensus at some point between being a child and becoming an adolescent, our cuddly friends should either be given away or go into storage, because we’re growing up and we no longer need them. That isn’t necessarily the case. Many of you reading this will still have at least one stuffed toy on your bed. Some of them might even have several. Don’t mention it to anybody because you think it’s weird. You hide them when other people are coming to your home. You no longer have to do that; chances are, whoever your guest is has a secret cuddly toy of their own. The most recent survey data available tells us that about half of all adult Americans still own a stuffed toy, and most of the people who responded positively to the question also go to sleep with their stuffed toy by their side.…