6 Four-year-old Stephen refuses to take a nap with the other children because he's afraid of the closet close to the nap area Every day he cries and becomes very upset According to his mother?

Answer 1

Children have a huge imagination, and sadly for them, its hard to define between real and imaginary, open the closet for Stephen let him play near it with the door open, maybe let him even play in it if it is big enough, make it his special "cave" where he can take his toys, show him the cupboard is a lovely little place and not at all scary, if it is high up or very small, make enough room for one of his toys to go in, pick him up and let him place hos toy in there, and let him tell you what that particular toy is doing whilst in the cupboard, maybe its a house, maybe its a garage or a secret faraway place that's always sunny... take away any negative point from it and you'll soon find he loves the cupboard and asks to look it in all the time, u could also try putting some stickers on the door or a poster that Stephen has chosen, good luck :) xx