How to stop the fear of the dark in children


Most kids when they are in a state alone a little afraid of the dark, and sometimes fear continues to exist until they become adults. So here are some tips to make you afraid of the dark :

√ Identify the cause of fear of the dark in children.

√ Start by identifying the fear of the dark in children.

√ Let your child tell his fears, as parents should you listen to your children's story.

√ Similarly Ask open-ended questions to allow the child to tell you what makes afraid to sleep.

√ Do not make fun of your child's fears. What may seem funny or trivial to you is very real for your child.

√ Do not support your child's confidence imaginative creatures. Give dark confidence will still provide comfort.



Some children often have difficulty in sleeping that night one of them due to fear of the dark. Even some children could not spend the night in his own room. Anxiety often felt by the child during the night due to darkness. Then tell your child that everything is fine, safe, no one will interfere, and that they can sleep comfortably in their own bed all night. By telling your child to stay in bed alone and that says everything is fine, then you have to teach children to believe that the bed itself is a safe place.


Build self-confidence to children

During the day you can ask your child to overcome fear of the dark, build your child's confidence. One of them tells of dark fears and your child's experience, so you can discuss alternative ways to respond to concerns or help children to reduce fear.


Teach children to control the situation

We recommend that you anticipate your child's fears by providing handling of the situation so that your child can control it well. One way to put a light near the bed to sleep in the form of their favorite character, so it can easily turn on the light when it felt the fear of the dark in his room.

Do the exercises in the dark

Slowly you can train your child to try to ask him to do some activity in dark conditions so that the fear of darkness will be reduced, one of them by inviting listening to music in the dark, dinner only from lighting candles so feel peace, then play with him in a dark place, games curious child was invited to play with shadows. In the early days, your child will be frightened, hug and turn the lights back on if your child is very frightened. Do it slowly, maybe you need time to be able to train your child in overcoming the fear of the dark. All of the problems faced by the dark fear your child you should be able to cope, we as the role of parents should be able to give a positive stimulation to the child so that the fear of the dark can be handled.



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