Children are afraid of the dark and ghosts? 4 strokes to overcome psychological fear!

"Mom, I'm afraid of the dark! This is a sentence that many children will say, and they dare not sleep alone at night. In the face of children's fears, Teacher Zhou Yuru provides four ways to ease children's fears!

Children often suddenly feel extremely afraid of something at a certain time. For example, I slept well, and suddenly I was afraid of the dark and fell asleep alone. I was happy to participate in the school Halloween parade the day before, and I became particularly afraid of ghosts when I got home. What should I do in the face of children's fears? Here are some suggestions:

Parents telling their children to "be brave" or "have nothing to be afraid of" can't alleviate their fears. Parents should understand that the fear in their children's hearts is very real. Many children are still afraid of darkness and ghosts even when they are very old. Therefore, when this happens to young children, parents should not blame or try to deal with it in a reasonable way. When children are afraid, what they need most is the companionship and dependence of their parents. If parents scold or ignore them, it is difficult for children to adjust their fears.

Parents can talk to their children first to see if anything scares him. If children can't speak, they can also use some related picture book stories as a guide. If you find that your child is really troubled by something in the process, parents should accept it and agree that it is really scary. Then you can tell the story of how the characters in the book face fear, or you can share with your children what you were afraid of when you were a child, and tell your children how you changed from fear to fear, so that the pimples in their hearts can be slowly solved or alleviated.

After that, if the child is still afraid of the dark and can't sleep, parents don't need to let the child sleep in their parents' room immediately, because it is likely to be difficult to train the ability to sleep independently. It is suggested that parents can buy a big puppet that children like to hold, turn on a small light, tell their children a warm and lovely bedtime story before going to bed, lie down with their children for a while, let them close their eyes but hold hands, and then leave after their children fall asleep, so that children can feel safe and their hearts will be untied. Usually, things will get better after a period of time.

As for the "fear of ghosts" part, children in this situation usually listen to ghost stories or watch some horror movies, and some children are frightened at school Halloween activities. In fact, if parents are careful enough, when their children are young, they should try to avoid exposing them to such stories, movies or activities and let them fall into unnecessary fear.

If the child is exposed for some reason, parents must carefully guide and accompany him so that similar things do not appear in life first. If the child thinks of those pictures, parents can use some interesting things to divert the child's attention, or use stories such as angels and elves to transform the child's impression of ghosts and gradually dilute the child's memory of these horrible experiences until the child no longer remembers or is no longer afraid.

This article is authorized to be published in the Encyclopedia of Parenting in China, planned by Lin, and reproduced without permission is prohibited.

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