Calm over worry
The Wise Friend · Story 1 of 15
“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.”
Why this page matters
At bedtime, a curtain moving in the dark can turn into almost anything. Saying there is nothing there rarely helps, because to them something clearly is. Getting up together, switching on the lamp and touching the curtain lets them see the shape their worry made.
Fears of the dark are common from about four to six, when imagination is quick and the facts that could calm it come slower. Naming the feeling first, “that shadow gave you a fright,” and then checking together shows them that a worry is something you can go and look at.
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