Thoughtful Thursday: Children and fears
So... sometime last week; I had a little experience with my 2 year old, Matthew.
Matthew hasn't started nursery yet, so when I drop Jeremiah he's with me for the whole day, and for the majority of it he sits in the buggy.
When we're making our way home, I let him come out and walk a little with his brother-- because he's going to be starting nursery next year, so he needs to get used to walking around and what not.
So on this particular day we were walking to the bus stop and Jeremiah gets antsy after nursery because he's tired. He didn't want to walk and I wanted to hurry and get the bus so we can get home.
We started crossing the road; and Jeremiah decided he wanted to stop in the middle of the road and a car was approaching. The car wasn't driving fast-- we were on a residential road; but I shouted and pulled Jeremiah onto the pavement as well as Matthew.
Matthew started to cry... and I explained to Jerry that he can't do that because if a car is coming, you can't stop in the middle of the road because the car can hurt you.
Matthew was still crying...
So the next day, Matthew started to panic and wanted me to pick him up and put him in the buggy. I was like huh? Because normally this boy is ready to come out of the buggy and walk!
The moment I realized was when we were about to cross the road.
So I held his hand and said to him 'Don't be scared'.. he was still a bit panicky.. he held my hand and we crossed the road--- when we got to the end of the pavement, Jeremiah did the same thing and stood in the middle of the road and Matthew was crying to get on the pavement.
We crossed another part of the road and when we crossed I made it fun and told him 'Everything's ok you don't need to be scared' Then I asked him if he wants to sit in the buggy and he went 'No!"
And that made me think.. is this where our fears start? As Children? Being scared of the dark.. and all those other things?
What if I didn't notice and I just let this fear continue? Would he be scared of cars? Or not want to walk anymore?
It was a little lesson for me. Never ending lessons on this motherhood journey!
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