Thursday, 03 December 2009
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What Your Kids Don't Know May Scare Them
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My little 2-year-old buddy and I were having lunch today when the test for the Emergency Broadcast System started blaring on the TV in the other room. Before I knew what was going on my little friend had jumped into my lap and was clinging onto me for dear life!
Calmly, I asked the little one if it was the noise coming from the television that had scared him. Wide-eyed he looked up at me and nodded yes. I gave him a gentle squeeze and patted his back as I explained that the noise was just a test to make sure that the television was working (I know this is not true but it seemed like a less frightening explanation for a two-year-old). Instantly, his grip on me loosened and the fear on his face faded.Once he was back in his own seat he looked at me and said “Storms are not coming are they?” I answered that we might have rain that evening but not a storm per se. Looking a little confused he then asked “Will there be thunder?” (I think the noise from the TV somehow reminded him of thunder). I told him that there most likely would not be since it was December and that it rarely thunders once summer ends so he had nothing to worry about.
Then I realized what I had said did not really dispel his fear of thunder so I continued on. I told him that there is no reason to fear thunder at all, that all thunder is, is a loud noise. He looked at me befuddled and asked with surprise “So you mean thunder has no hands?”
With a laugh in my voice I responded, “No, thunder does not have hands, it is just a loud noise, it can’t hurt you.” He then inquired “So thunder doesn’t have a mouth?” Again, stifling a laugh I answered “No, thunder does not have a mouth, it is just noise, and it can’t hurt you.” I figured repeating “it can’t hurt you” would be helpful in convincing him that he does not need to fear thunder.
Sometimes I forget how much little children need to have explained to them. The world can be such a scary place for kids when they don’t know why things happen. Just simply taking the time to explain things to children can really ease unnecessary fears, so as annoying as those questions can be sometimes always answer!
What are some “silly” things your children have been afraid of and how did you ease their fears?
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My daughter, honestly, seems to be close to fearless. While Im glad she's not a big chicken, I also wish there was a happy medium where she feared SOME things in order to keep her out of harms way. She's really adventurous though. I will say, she IS afraid of spiders in a big way.. but the funniest or silliest one, is finding a hair in the bathtub. She will get out of the bath if she sees a hair in it.. even when its hers. For a while she also wanted me to drain the water from the bathtub if she passed gas in it. hahahaha (I never did though, thats a waste of water) Kids are great.
my son when he was around 22 months was afraid of his shadow, it was pretty funny though, so we told him if you waved at it, it waves back, so its friendly and nothing to be afraid of. So for about 10 days he was waving at the walls (his shadow) all day long, and he suddenly stopped realizing it wasn't scary after all, and now he doesn't even look at shadows anymore.
My 6 month old is scared of her dad's laugh!
My daughter hates it when my husband sneezes. She also hates the vacuum and hair dryer. She used to get scared when we were in public bathrooms and the toilet would flush or someone would use those air dryers.
This post is so sweet! I baby sit a 2 year old and a 4 year old. I'm constantly having to explain things to them. I love it!
When I was a kid, nothing would dispel my fear of thunder or darkness, it didn't matter how someone explained it to me. :p And there were numerous tries! But, I grew out of it by the time I was 7 or 8, surprisingly.
I had a similar issue with the Emergency Broadcast System tests when I was really little. But, it wasn't because it reminded me of thunder, itself. I'd somehow decided that the Emergency Broadcasting System tests and the tornado sirens were essentially the same thing. So, it made me think whenever I heard that noise from the television that, even though I didn't hear the tornado sirens, it was the same thing. And that we were going to have a bad storm and there might be a tornado.
As a child I positively had a phobia of tornadoes. I even had nightmares about them and loved ones being snatched away by them, or tornadoes chasing me, or being locked outside when tornadoes were coming and not getting neighbors to let me in or my family. :p I don't know why I was so afraid. I was never (and have never to this day, yet) been even in the same town a tornado has occurred in while I was there.
In fact, the town I grew up in hadn't had a tornado since around 1942, and that consisted of a tornado that started elsewhere making it to the very outskirts of the town and then going up and not coming back down. o.O;;
So, why I was so terrified, I'll never understand!
I find myself thinking about Sound of Music and the raindrops on roses song!! :) My son is so scared of bugs... the tiniest of them will have him run screaming around the house!! :P
@tracezilla@lovelyish - I was the exact same way when I was a kid.
We had the siren system in place for emergencies and the volunteer fire department and vol. EMS.
3 "rings" (if that is what you can call that horrible waaaaah noise) was a fire
4 was a wreck
and 12 was civil defense (tornado...since bombings just aren't very common in west Tx).
So I'd sit and count. If I made it to 5, I was in tears.
Even though I'm a trained storm chaser now, and a photographer. When I'm visiting home, and I hear that noise, I get chills down my spine, despite the fact that the town has never been hit. They go around to the east. Always.
@RainDropPixie@xanga - Yeah, I still sit up and take notice when those things come on, too. But, I haven't heard one in a long while. I guess its because we have Dish Network now. I guess its only something that happens if you have cable or something. But, due to finances we may end up looking into cable again, lol. So, those damn things are gonna be back!
先說年號問題，明朝皇帝在位時間再長， 酒店兼差年號也只有一個，惟獨他特殊，在位總共不過十五年，年號卻有兩個，前一個叫正統，後一個叫天順。倒不是因為他非要搞特權，兩個年號之間， 禮服店是由一大堆可氣的事串起來的。
先說正統朝，差不多是地球酒店打工人都知道的，這麼多的忠良幹才他不信任，偏寵信一個教書先生出身的太監王振， 一幹閹党把國家禍害得烏煙瘴氣。後來瓦剌犯邊，忠臣良將的苦勸不聽，偏聽死太監攛掇，非要御駕親徵， 合法酒店經紀帶著幾十萬人牛氣哄哄出了長城，按說既然親徵你就好好 打啊，他不，走到半道又後悔了，連敵人影 酒店工作都沒見著就撤兵，撤兵麼撤得快點啊，跑還沒跑成，讓人家圍在土木堡包了餃子，稀裏糊塗一場 酒店上班混戰，幾十萬大軍全死 光，連本人也當了俘虜。丟人到如此，實在可氣。
英宗被抓到蒙古高原上去啃生羊肉了， 酒店兼職爛賬總要有人收拾。皇帝讓人綁了，敵人打到家門口了，總不成學宋朝 來個衣冠南渡吧！還好喝酒 有他親弟弟給他收拾，弟弟朱祁鈺繼承帝位，改年號為景泰，可氣的正統朝總算結束了。景泰帝信用 酒店PT良臣于謙，成功組織北京保衛戰打垮敵 人，再運用外交壓力，逼得酒店喝酒 瓦剌把英宗放回來當太上皇，總算不用學宋徽宗那樣客死他鄉。折騰半天，祖宗江山差點丟了不說 禮服酒店，皇位也折騰沒了。這樣的鬧劇，怪不 得別人。
雖是傻事敗事一籮筐，但傻人總算有傻福，雖說皇位沒了， 台北酒店經紀命還是保住了，回來舒舒服服過太上皇的日子倒也 不交際應酬 錯，可他不消停，拉幫結派培植私人勢力，幾年後趁著弟弟病重搞了場“奪門之變”。奪粉味 回了皇位不說，上臺第一件事就是殺掉了功臣于謙。並把當初北京保衛戰 的功臣們來了個大清洗，掌握朝政大權的都是徐有貞、石亨、曹吉祥等一幫姦險小人。雖然過了沒幾年，這幾個人也被明英宗清算，下獄的下獄（石亨），充軍的充 軍（徐有貞） 寒假打工，被殺的被殺（曹吉祥），可明朝的政治氣象，還是一片烏煙瘴氣。
皇位奪回來了，自然就要改年號。於是，明英宗 兼差改年號為天順。從正統年到天順年，打敗仗，殺忠良，寵小人，亂國家，儘是他辦的敗事， 酒店小姐每每讀史到此，不知有多少人氣得 酒店公關直哆嗦。
可正統朝的事畢竟年頭遠了，真正給後 暑假打工世攢下麻煩的，是天順朝。
“天順”麼，按字面意思，自然有風調雨順的意思。 打工從這個意義上說，“天順”朝時代的明朝，運氣還真不 壞，別的且不說，單說綁過明英宗票的瓦剌，那在土木堡創下台北酒店經紀擊敗明朝幾十萬大軍，活捉明朝皇帝偉業的瓦剌首領也先，沒死在大對頭明朝手裏，倒在內戰中被一刀 砍死。到了天順朝時期，瓦剌又和鄰居韃靼打個不停，因此，雖然少了良將於謙，但終天順一朝的邊 酒店境形勢，還算是太平無事。