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Fear, anxieties and phobias are quite normal in children. Well, even as adults, we also get anxious and afraid of things, people and situation. So it is no wonder that your child – fragile, small and helpless – has his share of phobias. Before we get into how to help your child get rid of his fears, it is important to understand that being afraid is normal and many at times helpful. If your child is scared, then he will try to stay safe from whatever he is scared of. For instance, if he is scared of fire, he would not go near it, which is a good outcome.
The fears and phobias evolve with age. What made your child anxious as a toddler might make him laugh as a teenager. Here are the nature of the fears at different ages:
So, as we said earlier, fears keep evolving. But one fear gets replaced by another and there is really no time other than infancy when the child is really not scared of anything. Which brings us to the next important question:
The following 10 tips might prove useful as you are trying to help your child overcome his fears:
What kind of fears and phobias your child had? And how did you help them overcome those?
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