Fear of Darkness
I’ve read long time ago that children start to fear of darkness when they start to understand the death. Usually it happens till the age of 3 or 4. My daughter is 3 and she really started to feel fear to darkness after she find out about things that we can’t change – death.
You know how mother tries to build a wall between a child and a life to ensure the safety and emotional comfort. Still I understand that if not to allow to receive some portions of information about bad things that happens in our life, one day a child may have a shock seeing something. It’s a very complicated question where is a limit of things a toddler should know. Too much information can have negative influence on a beautiful and clean mind. How to teach about positive side of life but prepare for life?
My granny told my daughter some stories and now she is afraid that we can die and she will be alone. My granny still doesn’t understand what have she done but my heart aching when I hear a request to live longer… Do your children ask you the same?