Fear

Reply to Fear on Tue, 19 Jun 2012 03:50:18 GMT

smurfymum — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 03:50:18 GMT

better not to let them view violent on tv since they do not understand it yet.

Reply to Fear on Wed, 13 Jun 2012 04:54:51 GMT

Jane422 — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 04:54:51 GMT

Fear is the beginning of wisdom. so don't give up. :xedfingers:

Reply to Fear on Tue, 12 Jun 2012 05:48:17 GMT

Ichigokun — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 05:48:17 GMT

I’m scared of insects myself too. xD

But I’m usually more afraid of worms like caterpillars etc. Those that wriggle around gives me the creeps. Especially earthworms. You cut them and they multiply. Yuck!!

Some of the few I’m scared of are (in order):
- Earthworms
- Hornets/Wasps
- Millipedes
- Caterpillars
- Bees
- Cockroaches
- Lizards
- Butterflies (Ya. I’m scared of butterflies :X cos when I think about them when they are just caterpillars with wings it gives me the creeps.)

Reply to Fear on Tue, 12 Jun 2012 05:31:58 GMT

kooky83 — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 05:31:58 GMT

Try to reason it out with him, along with letting him watch movies/cartoons involving bugs to slowly desensitize towards insects.

Try reminding him that he is about 1000x bigger than the insect itself might work.. It should be the insect that is afraid of him, and not the other way round

Reply to Fear on Thu, 31 May 2012 04:27:20 GMT

jacsplace — Thu, 31 May 2012 04:27:20 GMT

Thanks all for the advice and sharings. My son has gotten over most of his fear. He still doesn’t like insects, so I try to act as his shield.

Reply to Fear on Fri, 30 Mar 2012 06:43:10 GMT

LOLMum — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 06:43:10 GMT

i really cant remember if it was me or someone else (family or friends) who put this fear into dd when she was little.

you know someitmes we play games and we would take a toy or whatsoever and chase after the child and say things like "run run monster coming"…

dd cant remember too but she was very frighten of buttons when she was i think 3 or 4 yeras old. she refused to wear anything with buttons on it and cried and screamed if we took it to her.

now it is better (she has too cos there are buttons on her uniform). however she would not get any dress or tees with buttons on it. pants and skirts no choice.

Reply to Fear on Fri, 30 Mar 2012 04:38:01 GMT

cherrygal — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 04:38:01 GMT

Dun worry. It should be a phase. Just don’t bring too much attention to it and avoid the things he has mentioned for now. Let him watch A Bug’s Life later on and tell him how cute they are. Of coz, dun show him your own fears (eg. screaming at cockroaches etc).

And you shouldn’t be showing him violent scenes on TV. He’s too young for this. I don’t even watch shows like Ch 8’s Unriddle when my kids are around.

Reply to Fear on Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:26:35 GMT

pair — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:26:35 GMT

Might be something happen with your child just ask from your child because usually kids behave like this when they are trying to hide something due to some pressure.

Reply to Fear on Mon, 19 Jul 2010 04:16:49 GMT

jacsplace — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 04:16:49 GMT

Hi asheybrns,

Thanks very much for this reply. It's been more than a month since I posted my query so I'm really glad someone has responded :celebrate:

I can't think of other such behaviour. There was once last year when he suddenly came home from school, stuttering. He continued this for a week, then I asked his teacher. She said he was maybe copying another boy and that I shouldn't bring his attention to it and it would go away. So I did and my son did stop stuttering after a while.

We thought it's the same thing with his sudden fear but it's been more than a month and he's still fearful.

Reply to Fear on Sat, 17 Jul 2010 07:53:05 GMT

asheybrns — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 07:53:05 GMT

Maybe it would be because, he might have seen something that might not have been something regular to him or some fierce looking animal could also be the reason. I would like to on thing, if there is any other such behavior from his end that you haven’t seen in him before?