How to determine the fright of a child?
Usually, the fact that the child is frightened indicates the simultaneous presence of the following symptoms:
- various sleep disorders, the baby wakes up every hour and a half and cries;
- nocturnal enuresis;
- lack of appetite or a decrease in it, a baby can refuse from favorite foods;
- excessive sensitivity, the child for any reason loudly and long crying, trying not to move away from my mother;
- can be afraid of darkness and loneliness.
Causes of fright in children
In most cases, the cause of fright for small children is the following:
- too loud and sharp sound, for example, an explosion;
- large and scary animals;
- natural disaster, severe thunderstorm;
- various stressful situations;
- improper education, excessive severity of parents.
How to remove fright from the child yourself?
To remove the fright from the child at home, you can use a tool such as fairy tale therapy. This modern psychological device allows you to influence the psyche of the baby through fairy-tale characters. To do this, you need to describe the crumbs of the plot situation in which his beloved hero is very frightened, and offer him various options for solving the problem. Using this method, you can not only help the child cope with fear, but also find out what exactly
In addition, your son or daughter, who is very frightened, should always feel that he is under reliable protection. Surround the child with love and care and try to spend with him as much time as possible so that the baby is not alone.
Finally, to remove the child's fright, you can use the following folk methods:
- seeking help from God through prayer;
- 3 times a day a child can be given three sips of holy water;
- also holy water can wash the face of a crumb;
- "Rolling out" a raw egg. To perform this ritual, a chicken egg is rolled on the child's stomach, and then it is broken into a cup and taken out of the house.