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Types of fear in children
• Fear of strangers
• Fear of separation from the mother or caregiver
• Fear of animals, the dark, thunder and lightning
• Fear of things that exist only in the child’s imagination
• Fears that are connected to something – the cause of the
child’s fear may be arguments between his father and
mother, and this fear becomes attached to a specific
object such as a toy or being alone, because of some
connection between the cause of the fear and that thing.
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Causes of fear in children
1. Exposure of the child to a specific incident, such as a traffic
accident, an animal such as a dog coming close to him, or the
sudden death of a relative.
2. Seeing one of his parents being afraid of a specific animal or
insect, or of the dark. The child will imitate his parents and be
scared of the same things.
3. Marital arguments between the father and mother.
4. Seeing scary programs and movies on television.
5. Physical weakness in the child that exposes him to fear more
than the child who is strong.
6. Constant criticism of the child which causes him to lose
self-­‐confidence.
7. Aggressiveness in dealing with children and demanding things
that they cannot do.
8. Child trying to attract his parents’ attention by means of fear,
so that he can get more of their attention and care.
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9. Joking with the child about things that are not real, such as
saying to him, “I like your fingers and I’m going to take them and
keep them with me.” The child may take it literally and become
afraid of that person or that particular joke.
10. Parents threatening the child if he does not do something or if
he does not stop doing something and they say “I am going to
smack you” or “I am going to punish you.”
11. Some mothers resort to scaring their children in wrong ways,
such as saying to child: “If you go outside the house, the cat will
eat you” or “strangers will take you.”