Originally Posted by thechich81
thechic81...a suggestion...check out what is actually IN the room. Any scary books, or witch type stories or even scary toys. I know that sounds kind of weird but I have had experiences with evil forces and my pastor told me to do these things. I don't know if you are a Christian and maybe you don't believe what I am saying,,,but it's worth a try. Poor little girl, she is in my prayers too..Coconut PS It wouldn't hurt to check out the whole house for unwholesome things. I threw out some nasty old videos I didn't even know we had.
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Ayeayeayeayeaye. Instead of talking to other parents about child raising techniques and checking out books from the library that could be of help to her, or hell, even posting on a fucking parenting forum to see what the Internet mummies have found, she makes it Biblical.
check out what is actually IN the room. Any scary books, or witch type stories or even scary toys. I know that sounds kind of weird but I have had experiences with evil forces and my pastor told me to do these things.
It is probably just a trick of lights, shadows, and reflections that makes her think there is a "monster" there. Moving things around in her room may actually help change those things so that she no long sees what she thinks she sees. it ain't demons.
Yeah, that's the most logical explanation. There's a demon there tormenting your kid. It has nothing to do with fear of the dark, or shadows on the wall, or the fact that you have failed to tell her that monsters aren't real (except for the human kind, of course, but I don't think you need to mention that). Perhaps if you stop scaring her with all of your Biblical hoohah, she'll be able to sleep easier.
That the 3-year-old thinks monsters are real is perfectly normal. That the adults in this exchange treat them as real is downright insane and a cause for serious concern.
Sigh . . . get the kid a plush animal. Tiggers are good. When I was three, my Guard Tigger could totally whup the green yetis that kept getting into my closet. Fight imagination with imagination, y'know?
If you REALLY want to cleanse your room, I find that Lemon Mr. Clean works very well.
When I was three, I went through a similar phase. My parents eventually traced it to light coming in through one of the windows in the next room. Fortunately, they took my fears seriously and figured out what was causing them. If they had suggested it was evil forces in the room, I'd probably be in therapy now.
OMG, your child has an IMAGINATION! Quick, snuff it out!
I feel so sorry for that poor, abused child. Instead of having parents who can comfort her and help her get over her fears, they cram her head full of this kind of crap. She should be taken away from them and placed in a decent home.
It's called being a child. Children always see monsters in their rooms, that's because the world is largely alien to them, and they have overactive imaginations. Get the kid a night light, or a nice stuffed animal and stop filling her poor head with nonsense about demons. Your fairy tales are probably hurting the situation more than they are helping.
Of course, it´s the first child of this idiot. All kids, not only my kids, but also myself, believe that there is a monster either in the closet(no pun intended), under the bed and so on..........this woman must be a troll, or just stupid.
When I was that age I freaked out because the bathroom light made my stuffed animals' shadows dance around every time someone walked in front of the light source. I thought it was an army of monsters. I was terrified, until my dad convinced me they were baby monsters coming to tickle me. Empower the child, fight imagination with imagination and the problem's solved.
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Kids that age are very open to suggestion, whether for good or bad. Our son used to be very afraid of the dark. We had an old woven blanket that his dad had had as a kid, which had Native American designs on it, including a couple of warriors. We convinced him that the warriors would protect him at night and he slept much better after that. Maybe that poor little girl just needs a stuffed dog and some non-hysterical parents. Oh and...OUR room? Doesn't she have her own bedroom?
Or maybe your daughter has a rather overactive imagination. Never thought of that, did you.
Child psychologists recommend to parents that they encourage their son(s)/daughter(s) to have 'Imaginary Friends'; to go along with such, as this helps in their development as a fully-realised individual, and how they associate with others.
By pre-pubescence, they grow out of it, as they reach pre-teens and start developing into proto -adults. Most children do, that is.
But some never develop beyond the 'Invisible Friend' stage, though.
Fundie Christainity: Invisible Friends for those who never grow up.
I notice this quote is from 2007. Coconut and thechic81: the proto-Nightmares of Dumbass.
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So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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