Care Bears definition

Fictional cartoon bears created as greeting card characters from American Greetings in 1981.

1994 -- Edward R. Christophersen: Pediatric Compliance: A Guide for the Primary Care Physician (page 171) http://books.google.com/books?q=%22with+a+care+bear%2C+with+his%22&btnG=Search+Books

The baby or toddler who goes to sleep alone (with a Care Bear, with his favorite blanket, or by sucking his thumb) learns valuable self-quieting behaviors that can be used for many years to come.
2004 -- Jerry Sullivan: Hunting for Frogs on Elston, and Other Tales from Field & Street (page 68) http://books.google.com/books?q=%22But+the+domestic+turkey+is+about+as+remote+from+the+wild+animal+as+a+Care+Bear+%22&btnG=Search+Books

But the domestic turkey is about as remote from the wild animal as a Care Bear is from a grizzly.
2007 March 13, Will Wright, keynote, South by Southwest, Austin

One of my real aspirations of this is I wanna see interstellar wars between Care Bears and Klingons.