Small children by the nature are very coward. Some quickly cope with fear and forget about its reason, and at some razvivayutcz phobias that is extremely sad. The susceptibility at such children is aggravated, and it strongly complicates to them life.
Such children should not read terrifying stories or to allow to watch awful movies. As a rule, they to be afraid to sleep without light, darkness and places, such as under the bed, behind a case and under a table in the dark room they are frightened. Leave light in the hall and do not close densely a door, thus, the child will feel a little protected. It is possible to leave light from a dim lamp and in the room, but it already if to the kid it is absolutely terrible. Stay with it, esteem for the night that be kind and good.
You should not be discharged of the child when terribly and to say to him that he invents it though, perhaps, it and so. It can do all this from the shortage of attention and thus, he wants to receive it.
The fear at children is different and not only because of darkness. Children can be afraid of different things, people, cases which happened to them or objects which promoted it. Fear it is normal, each person, even the adult is afraid of something. The main thing, for parents, in such situations to behave quietly then the child will transfer it much easier, than if he sees that mom (dad) panics.
When children of chest age, emotional connection with mother are much stronger. And if mother is nervous or worries, then respectively and the child behaves uneasily.
Some children invent to themselves friends who are with them when to them it is terrible or adults cannot pay them attention. Thus, they kind of not some, and sensation of fear becomes dull. It is quite good when the child is small, but if it remains also at advanced age, of course, it is necessary to address the expert.
Some parents frighten children, without realizing that the child perceives everything literally. It is not necessary to say that if he does not obey, then he will be taken away by the Baba-yaga or some other fairy tale character. Because of it the child can be afraid of fairy tales and their heroes. Also to frighten the child on the street of uncles. It is possible to explain more softly that with foreign adults it is impossible to go anywhere, it is impossible to take candies and other sweets from strangers as they can take away him from mom and offend.
It is worth remembering that it is necessary to talk to the child and it is available and clear to it to explain everything, then he will grow up the obedient, courageous and loving parents person.