Editing Comfort object (section)

== In popular culture ==
The term ''security blanket'' was popularized in the ''[[Peanuts]]'' [[comic strip]] created by [[Charles M. Schulz]], who gave such a blanket to his character [[Linus van Pelt]]. Linus called it his "security and happiness blanket", in ''Good Grief, More Peanuts'' printed in 1956.<ref name="Security blanket">{{cite web|url=http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/security-blanket.html|title=Security blanket|access-date=2 October 2014}}</ref> However, the concept of a comfort blanket existed prior to ''Peanuts''. In a November 1954 ''Review Report'' article, writer "Bev" wrote about her daughter: "Security blanket. My younger child is one year old. When she finds a fuzzy blanket or a fleecy coat, she presses her cheek against it and sucks her thumb." Since 1920, blankets which clipped onto sleeping infants to prevent them from rolling out of bed and keep the body covered were dubbed "security blanket fasteners".<ref name="Security blanket" />