Effective Parenting Tips - How to Suppress Your Child's Fears

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By SharkFuel

Most children have some fears that they will hardly ever be able to overcome without their parents’ assistance. Parents should be attentive to their kids in order to be able to see whether they are afraid of something. There are many fears that children may have. However, fear of the dark is considered to be the most widespread one. Parents should know how to deal with such problems and solve those problems as quickly as possible without hurting their kid’s psyche. Let’s consider the most effective parenting tips on how to help your child overcome his fears that prevent him from living a normal life. If you find out that it is the dark that your kid is so much afraid of that you should use various methods of illumination – lamps, night-lamps etc. It would be great if you chose the lamp together with your child. Your kid may select a dog-shaped lamp or a lamp in the shape of another animal. Such a lamp will soothe your kid at night and prevent him from being afraid of the dark. In fact, there are the other effective parenting tips on how to suppress this fear – to create an outer space room for your child. It implies using stickers – stars, the moon, comets – that would shine in the dark. Besides, you can put your child’s favorite toy next to him and it will protect him through the night.

Children usually have fewer fears if their parents stay constantly together with them. Following effective parenting tips on suppressing child fears is really indispensable if you really aspire to help your kid get rid of those horrible fears. In some cases children are afraid to sleep alone and parents think that they are afraid of the dark. So, try to determine what your child’s real fears are in order to be able to help him. The main reason for child fears is that parents do not spend enough time with their kids. A psychologist usually recommends parents to take into consideration the peculiarities and interests of their child. In this way a kid will understand that he is always protected by his caring mother and strong father. Parents’ behavior is a good example for kids. If parents are happy, their kids will hardly have any fears. Moreover, kids have fewer fears if parents respect their needs and praise them from time to time. These are the parents that will undoubtedly help children suppress their imaginable fears and protect them against real danger. Besides, parents have even more chances to do that if they follow the above-mentioned effective parenting tips.

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jacqui2011 Level 7 Commenter 10 months ago

Good hub with lots of info. Children have to overcome so many fears and anxieties in their lives and look to their parents to help them overcome them. Its very true that when children see their parents happy and content, they tend to have no or very little fears. Upped and useful.

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SharkFuel Hub Author 10 months ago

Yes, jacqui2011, kids have to overcome so many fears and anxieties. So, I hope that these effective parenting tips will be useful for parents and their children. Thanks for reading and commenting this hub!

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HennieN Level 1 Commenter 10 months ago

Fears could be "something" children hide behind. If that is the case it is important to find out what that "something" is.

But, childrne might really have a fear for something (as we grown ups). Then it is important to listen, understand and work with your child through this fear. This way we provide children with a means to solve fear in the future.

The worst we can do is to not listen and accept that our children has a fear. Laughing it off is causing damage. Rather listen, accpet and work with your child to overcome the fear.

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SharkFuel Hub Author 10 months ago

Thanks HennieN,

for reading, commenting this article and providing effective parenting tips!

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denise.w.anderson Level 4 Commenter 10 months ago

As a Christian parent, I found that when my children started expressing fears, it was a good time to focus on their faith. We would talk about God's love for them, then kneel and pray together. The fear would often dissipate as their faith was strengthened.

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SharkFuel Hub Author 10 months ago

Thanks denise.w.anderson for sharing your experience and effective parenting tips!

fashion 10 months ago

Great and useful article.Tips are useful for parents to minimize their children`s fear.

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Melovy Level 7 Commenter 9 months ago

This article is full of useful advice, but the title is very misleading. Suppressing feelings means squashing them down or ignoring them. Parents should never suppress a child’s feelings, and I was relieved to see the advice you give is not on suppressing but on helping a child to cope with fears. Having said that, if a parent was really trying to suppress their child’s feelings and found your article it could be great if they followed your suggestions instead. (I read it because I was so shocked to see the title!)

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SharkFuel Hub Author 9 months ago

Thanks guys for your comments and effective parenting tips. I will certainly take into account them for the future, because they are very useful. Thanks!

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