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Identify the fears of your child

We all have some or the other fear in life. Fear of losing someone, fear of leaving job, fear of interviews, fear of failure, fear of financial loss in business and the list is endless. But do you know one thing that these fears arise when we grow up. But there are some fears which children experience too. You may find those fears meaningless but for your child, these fears are the big issues of their life. Do you find your child worried when you ask him or her to go to the kitchen and bring the candles when electricity supply is cut? If yes then your child has Scotophobia.

There are various kind of phobias and you can get help from Psychologists for your child. But when it’s in initial phase, you need to be aware and act smart to make your child brave. What are those things that you can do at home to make him or her comfortable? Read on to know:

•          Don’t force your child to do what he or she is scared of.
•         Be with your child when he or she is trying the things which make him or her scared.
•          If he or she has fear of cat then don’t force him or her to touch the cat by saying that, “Look, it is cute and soft.” Because, you find it cute and soft but your child doesn’t. This can affect his or her mind at unconscious level.
•          Understand that there are certain ways to get rid of the particular fear and these ways have some steps.
•         For instance, if your child has Ailurophobia, that is fear of cats. You should take some initial steps like don’t directly ask your child to play with cats but take small steps.
•         Place the poster of cat in your house, so that your child can see it daily. Ask him or her to see it as it cannot come out of that poster so your child will automatically get comfortable with cat’s look. Place the decent and cute looking cat’s poster at first.
•         Then increase the number of cats in the poster and make sure that he or she gets habitual to see them. 
•          Then show your child a video of moving kittens.
•          In this way, he or she will get comfortable seeing the cat moving and the particular movements of kittens.
•          Then make your child understand that it won’t harm until you harm that kitten.
•         Bring a kitten to house and touch that kitten in front of your child.
•          It will make your child feel that he or she should touch it and then it would be easier for him or her to walk in the house in the presence of that kitten or cat.
•          Nothing is impossible but if you find any difficulty, then do visit Psychologists and take their help. Because, these fears can impact your child’s future badly in long run.
•         Take care, have a happy parenting!