Should I go along with my friend's wife advice on taking away my 4yo daughter's blanket?
(please no criticism or judgemental comments)
My 4yo daughter has been extremely attached to this blanket to the point of almost nuclear meltdown level tantrum upon realizing she doesn't have it and wants it while out in public. There's been moments where just as we're about to pull away from the house that she's noticed she doesn't have it and I've had to run back inside to quickly grab it before heading off to the destination. I know my friend's wife truly means well, and she's just trying to help the mentally exhausting situation of always having to make sure my daughter has her blanket wherever we go. I've also already searched online if it's necessary to remove the blanket so abruptly....
On one hand my daughter actually has progressed to going places without thinking of needing her blanket unless I unintentionally bring it up, so if I don't acknowledge that she's left the house without her blanket it's an out of sight out of mind thing. On the other hand I've read how psychologically harmful it can be to forcibly remove a security object from their possession abruptly, in that it can end up making the situation worse not better.
WSID?