What can we do to help him understand his fears are unfounded.
Is there some type of doctor that handles these types of things?
He is very outgoing, funny, smart & cute. Help!!
2007-01-25 12:58:20 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I would agree to take him to see a child psyhologist. He may have some sort of processing sensory disorder too where he is not relating the outside world and the appropriate affects it may be having on his inner and outer body (like very high on the autism spectrum for example). Can check it out and then use all different types of techniques to help him adjust. Good luck.
2007-01-25 13:33:27 · answer #1 · answered by Steph 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When my little guys develop a fear, I try to make light of it, make a laugh out of it and make it something they laugh at instead of fearing. Like the ridikulus spell in Harry Potter! When my 5 year old said he thought there might be a monster in his cupboard, I told him a story about how ridiculous the monster would look all crammed up in the cupboard, and how he'd get cramps in his legs and fall onto the floor flat on his face. He laughed and giggled and hasn't mentioned a monster since. I know it doesn't work for all fears, but it works for my guys for lots of their fears.
I've also found that if I take them seriously, and pay too much attention to their fears and pamper them over it, the fear gets worse, almost like they liked the attention they got over it and want some more. So, while I listen and try to allay the fears, I also try to fob it off a bit and make it uninteresting, nothing to worry about, otherwise they play on it.
Good luck!
2007-01-25 13:41:38 · answer #2 · answered by CheeseFest 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A child psychologist would be able to help your grandson...to understand where these fears are coming from and help to expose him to them gradually so that he can be rid of them. The best thing you could do would be to take him to see someone.
2007-01-25 13:06:37 · answer #3 · answered by heather 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take him to a child psychologist. They specialize in cases like his and they will be the most helpful to you and your grandson. Good luck to you.
2007-01-25 13:18:19 · answer #4 · answered by JOURNEY 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well, you have to know the reason he is afraid. Then you can help
by encourage him to look at it as a less threat.Then try to remove fears related. The longer he has the same related fears,he can grow more fears of that original fear
2007-01-25 13:15:13 · answer #5 · answered by bassooncrazy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe he's probably trying--with limited life experience--to 'connect the dots' on things and may be way ahead of others his age. Perhaps a professional could reduce his anxiety and reason with him on his level, but it wouldn't surprise me if you have a very bright child there. [My young son would NEVER flush the toilet... we FINALLY learned that our neighbor's toilet overflowed years earlier--and she admitted being hysterical about it-- while she was holding our son while babysitting him]
2007-01-25 13:33:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Most children go through this, just talk him thru it and time will make these fears lessen or completely disappear
2007-01-25 13:14:30 · answer #7 · answered by Marian 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋