reza@ihuxb.UUCP (H. Reza Taheri) (10/02/84)
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How do you deal with a child who is frightened of something? My
15-month old daughter is scared of our smoke alarm. The da*n thing
goes off whenever we use the stove/oven more than about an hour. It
went of again a couple of days ago.
Now she won't leave the room we bring her into because she has to
pass under the smoke alarm to go to another room. She keeps pointing
to it and tries to say something. When I pick her up and take her
close to it to show her that the alarm is harmless, she clings to me
like glue and looks petrified.
Is there a solution?
H. Reza Taheri
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(312)-979-1040german@uiucuxc.UUCP (10/11/84)
When Sarah acts afraid of something I try to show her it is harmless, but I don't force her to be near it. Usually I just play with it until she decides it won't hurt her. (not practical for everything) She has at one time or another been afraid of feathers, the furnace and trains, but now seems pleased when she points them out now. Greg German pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!german
ward@hao.UUCP (Mike Ward) (10/15/84)
> {} > How do you deal with a child who is frightened of something? My > 15-month old daughter is scared of our smoke alarm. The da*n thing > goes off whenever we use the stove/oven more than about an hour. It > went of again a couple of days ago. > > Now she won't leave the room we bring her into because she has to > pass under the smoke alarm to go to another room. She keeps pointing > to it and tries to say something. When I pick her up and take her > close to it to show her that the alarm is harmless, she clings to me > like glue and looks petrified. > > Is there a solution? Throw the fool thing away (the alarm, not the kid) and buy one that works right. Kids are supposed to be scared of too-loud noises, and smoke alarms are supposed to be too loud. They are not supposed to go off for no reason. On the other hand, it could be that your alarm is trying to tell you something about your stove....like its killing you. -- Michael Ward, NCAR/SCD UUCP: {hplabs,nbires,brl-bmd,seismo,menlo70,stcvax}!hao!ward ARPA: hplabs!hao!sa!ward@Berkeley BELL: 303-497-1252 USPS: POB 3000, Boulder, CO 80307