Often, many parents do not know what to do if a child suddenly there's some phobias. What to do with children's fears and how to help your child overcome this difficult period of life?
We offer a few simple tips to help you find a way out of this very difficult situation.
To start, try to deal with the baby, what fear is and where it came from. Listen carefully to the problem and not dismiss from herEven if it seems to you absolutely trifling.
The child is afraid of the monster that lives in the closet? Offer to spend the night in his room together and see if does not discard the old tree outside the window bizarre shadows on the wall and do not form wrinkles if hanging on the door of a dressing-gown silhouette. Show that awful beech - it's just a play of light and imagination, move the curtains or night light and together laugh at "the defeated enemy."
Any fear seems to be far less frightening if the kid is, from whom he split. Show your child that you're interested in what he fears.
Under the bed hiding winged vampire?Wow, I have long wanted to see a vampire, let's watch it together. And to brighten up the expectation of help is an interesting story - tell a son or daughter that scared you as a child and how you overcame your fear. After all, the little man sometimes does not occur, that the big and strong adults too afraid of something.
Specialists in psychology often offer to try his visualization. Ask your toddler to draw what he fears watch carefully for his behavior, and then "Overcome" the enemy - pririsuyte him funny glasses or horns, and with the fear of tear into small pieces. Anxiety and turns into a real fairy tale about how good triumphs over evil. Try to make sure that the baby identified with its main character, and tell us how he is gradually turning into a real brave man, overcoming any obstacle.
And here what not to do, so it is shame the child and blame him for his fears.If your child is afraidthis does not mean that he is a coward. Just imagine that we are not talking about the dragon out of the closet, and, for example, a robber who you something, too, had never seen, but which, as you said, there was in the next street. So the psychology of fear will seem much clearer. Do not doubt the courage of your baby - accusations will not help him defeat the monster, but in the future may lead to dangerous attempts to prove his courage and invincibility.
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