![]() "What seems logical to us isn't always to a child," he says. Every developmental passage, from infancy on, is accompanied by some kind of anxiety, ranging from monsters to vacuum cleaners. But I did find out that fears are a natural part of how kids learn to understand their environment, according to John Piacentini, Ph.D., director of the Childhood OCD, Anxiety and Tic Disorders Program at the University of California, Los Angeles. I still don't know exactly what caused Julia's fright nothing bad had happened to ignite it. Like a summer thunderstorm, it blew over as quickly as it had moved in. Had my constant reminders about putting things in her mouth pushed Julia into some sort of phobia? Thankfully, before I had a chance to press the "I'm a Lousy Mommy" button, something happened: Her fear disappeared. I tried to convey to my distraught preschooler in every way I could think of that she just wasn't going to be poisoned.īut in my heart of hearts I blamed myself. I showed her the word "nontoxic" on crayon boxes.
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