In fact, they may unwittingly side with the alienating parent and even testify or produce evidence in court that
the child is afraid of the father.
The defense mechanisms constructed to support the alienation take time to be broken through: they involve denying that the alienating parent is selfish and manipulative, denying that the targeted parent has positive qualities, denying that the child wants a relationship with the targeted parent, denying that
the child is afraid of losing the love of the alienating parent.
For example if the imaginary friend is afraid of the dark it is likely that
the child is afraid of the dark and learning to manage her fears through the friend.
If you can figure out what specific thing
your child is afraid of, then you can figure out ways around it.
For example, if
your child is afraid of being left with a babysitter, talk through what that scenario would be like and ask your little one to come up with ideas for playing with the babysitter and creating a countdown chart for mom or dad's return.
If
your child is afraid of monsters, the dark, or being alone in their bedroom, talk to them about their fears and figure out how you can help.
For example, if you discover that
your child is afraid of riding the school bus, set up an area in the house and do a «pretend» ride to school.
You don't want to be the person that
your child is afraid of because he feels like he will never measure up.
If
your child is afraid of being alone and is comforted only by contact with you, consider offering up a virtual you, in the form of a two - way monitor or a set of walkie - talkies.
Whether
your child is afraid of the dark, or she is terrified to meet new people, help your child face her fears one small step at a time.
If
your child is afraid of being alone and is comforted only by contact with you, consider using a two - way baby monitor.
(If
your child is afraid of the dark, choose a night light that will keep her room as dim as possible.)
For instance, if
your child is afraid of spiders, you might add a very small, non-threatening spider to the story (one that keeps its distance from the hero).
You needn't worry if
your child is afraid of the dark as it is perfectly normal.
If
your child is afraid of using toilet seats in public, this type of seat may prove useful.
Whether it's a fear of the dark, strangers, flying, or anything else, the first thing to do is to understand exactly what it is
your child is afraid of.
As
a child I was afraid of the church to the point of changing sidewalks.
Some children are afraid of flushing and are afraid they will be flushed down too.
Also,
some children are afraid of public bathrooms (the loud flushing, the adult - sized toilets they could fall into...), so it might be helpful to have something portable in the trunk of your car to lessen the resistance.
I came to understand that, whether evident or not, most very young
children are afraid of imposed isolation, even for a short time.
When we see that
our children are afraid of something that they should not be, we respond by trying to talk them out of their fear.
When shopping,
some children are afraid of using the big potty.
My children are afraid of one of our cats because she's «scratchy.»
Many
children are afraid of swimming because they aren't able to touch the bottom of the pool or lake, or they aren't able to see what's underneath them in the water.
I believe punishment works because
children are afraid of disappointing us and losing our love.
A Guest Post by Savannah Sanfield, LMFT Many
children are afraid of visits to the doctor, but my daughter was TERRIFIED.
These children are afraid of making mistakes or not being accepted by their peers.
Estimates suggest that as many as 1 in 5 school age
children are afraid of dentists.
Children were afraid of her — they were running away.
How do you stop
that child being afraid of monsters?
According to the New York Daily News article dated October 4, 2011, the lawyer for the mother's family stated that
the children were afraid of their paternal grandparents.
Not exact matches
She finds that adult kids tend to
be afraid of stepping into financial discussions because the father had always maintained control and they
were treated like
children.
«They
're not
afraid of the
children breaking things, and I've definitely seen a positive difference in their buying.»
Or, as Quora respondent Brent C.J. Britton puts in, labeling kids smart, athletic, or artistic creates «a dynamic where the
child is afraid to fail for fear
of losing the label.
Darwin's last words
were to his family, telling Emma «I
am not the least
afraid of death — Remember what a good wife you have
been to me — Tell all my
children to remember how good they have
been to me»,
people like you Pitt
are the reason why people like me read this stuff, we
are AFRAID that you will overrun our world, force your anger and hate down our
children's throats, you like living in fear
of your god, yup you do..
However,
children already know dragons and fire exist metaphorically speaking, they need to not
be afraid of them and know they can
be slayed!
My husband said he told his Mom he
was afraid of her as a
child, and her response
was, Good!
Was there any element where you
were afraid that maybe you wouldn't
be a good parent to your
children because
of the experience you had with your parents growing up?
Hitler
was afraid he
was too young to have a
child / Hitler
was afraid he would have to drop out
of school?
It
's downright odd to see a man go from
being afraid of his wife and watching his
children demoralized, to taking a stand at the pulpit teaching people good from bad..
In manus tuas commendo spiritum meum.17 Into the hands which broke and quickened the bread, which blessed and caressed little
children, which
were pierced with the nails; into the hands which
are like our hands, the hands
of which one can never tell what they will do with the object they
are holding, whether they will break it or heal it, but which we know will always obey and reveal impulses filled with kindness and will always clasp us ever more closely, ever more jealously; into the gentle and mighty hands which can reach down into the very depth
of the soul, the hands which fashion, which create, the hands through which flows out so great a love: into these hands it
is comforting to surrender oneself especially if one
is suffering or
afraid.
If I keep weapons in my home and know how to use them and teach my
children the power
of those weapons no one should have the right to paint with such a wide brush as to eliminate my right to ownership
of a weapon because this country
is too
afraid to tackle mental health issues.
May the
children of the Stock
of Abraham, who dwell in this land, continue to merit and enjoy the good will
of the other inhabitants, while every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree, and there shall
be none to make him
afraid.8
In religious terms, let me use this illustration: when we
are little
children, some
of our parents comforted us when we
were afraid of dying that God wouldn't let us die, that we would
be safe... see you in the morning!
In the act
of admonishing even he will say (for it
is no rare speaker that
is here introduced to talk, and just on that account the praise
of the Good
is so much the more glorious because it does not require the approval
of eloquence, for here it
is well to note that it
is one
of life's most tragically spoiled
children who speaks admonishingly to a youth) even he will say, «Do not
be afraid,
be slow to judge others, but attend closely to yourself, hold firmly to willing one thing, to willing the Good in truth, and thus, from now on, let this lead you wherever for now it will lead you — because eternally it will lead you to victory.
It
's akin to a 5 year old telling his / her imaginary friend on you... very
child like mind set to
be afraid of the invisible.
And if anyone
is afraid that he
is in for some kind
of esoteric rigmarole, may I try to alleviate his fears by remarking that the lecturers
are all
children of the twentieth century as much as they
are professing Christians, alive to the astounding advances
of contemporary science and technology, alive also to the deep — seated moral and cultural skepticism which has developed side by side with an increasing moral passion and sensitivity.
It
's like saying just because
children for centuries have
been afraid of something
being under their bed that the boogie man must
be hard wired into humans.
Aminata, like many other Ebola survivors now faces discrimination and stigma in her community: people
are afraid of her and have refused to accept her and her
children.