Special Focus: Fear

SPECIAL FOCUS: FEAR

TOP FEARS by age according to the article posted to the right on "Hey Sigmund" 

 0-6 = Strangers, people in costume, loud noises/being alone at night, separation from parent, things they cannot control such as fire or thunder. 

7-11 = something happening to people they care about, violence, Rejection, heights

12-plus = Getting hurt, someone they know getting hurt, acceptance/rejection, what their peers think, loneliness, failing, “life” as in growing up.  

Why do the fears change?  Obviously maturity has something to do with it but why else?   

Sometimes, fesr is irrational while other times fear is thr appropriate emotion.  Fear of the dark is irrational.  Fear of things that happen at night may not be.