K.M.
I used it at home first for a while, I also let my son cuddle with is monkey and play with it. He is 5 and found it recently and it is added to his night time collection of bed culddles! My son understands that monkey = safety and safety = momma love! I would put the monkey on and have him walk around the house praising him for walking well, then we would go for a trip to the mail box, took it off and let him play with it if he wanted (tail off). Then I would go for a short walk down the the street and again give them bonding time - after about a week of this he was asking for monkey and handing me the tail to hold!