Many children, like adults, experience various fears. Children's phobias differ from adults in many ways, causes, methods of getting rid of.
Fear of confined spaces
If a child has this fear, then let him have the largest room in the house. If this is not possible, then you do not need to close the door when the child is there, and especially at night.
Fear of the dark
Let the baby sleep with a night light. Dimmed lights will help your child feel safer. If this does not help, then one of the parents should sit with the child until he falls asleep. Don't leave children alone with fear.
What to do
Talking to your child will help parents understand the reasons for their fears. If the kid is afraid of scary fairy-tale heroes, you can teach him to imagine some funny stories that happen to these heroes. This will help get rid of the very feeling of fear. But it happens that a child cannot understand, let alone explain the reasons for anxiety. In such cases, visualization helps.
- You can buy a toy in the form of a monster that the child is afraid of. Playing with the object of his fear, the kid will see that this is not a scary monster.
- You can also visualize fear by drawing it. Let the child break the "scary drawing" into small particles and send it to the trash.
- "Place" fears in a container and also throw them away irrevocably.
- Make the baby "amulet". A magic thing or toy that will protect and protect.
Fear of sleeping separately
It happens that children get so used to sleeping with their parents that "moving" to a separate bed can be accompanied by fear.
What to do in this case?
- Let it be a holiday! Real, with balls, bright new toys.
- It is necessary to prepare the child in advance for independent sleep without parents. Explain that big kids at this age no longer sleep with dad and mom.
- For the first time, let the child fall asleep as he used to, in the parent's bed, but then he will be transferred to a new place.
- Try to surround the baby with as much attention as possible during the day. After all, if a child does not receive parental attention during the day, he may begin to demand it at night.
Children's fears pass over time, but with parental care and attention, this happens much faster.
