How to Deal with Monsters Under The Bed!

Posted by Daddy T on August 17, 2007

I received this article in an email from Pampers.com and wanted to add it to the blog.

Worries and Willies: Coping With the Monster Under the Bed
by Suzanne Dixon, M.D., M.P.H.,
and Lawrence Kutner, Ph.D.

Article Here

It’s healthy for toddlers to be afraid of strangers, dogs, noisy environments, and separation from parents or care providers. Common fears of 3-year-olds also include masks, old people, darkness, parents going out at night, and animals. Every child, beginning in infancy, has fearful responses to some things; that is part of normal development and keeps kids a little wary (a good thing) in threatening situations.

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