Cure anemophobia in toddlers

Answer 1

Definitly keep them AWAY from kites. My toddler SCREAMS his head off when ANYTHING gets blown by the wind. At first I thought he was afraid because he believed the kite was alive, then I realized he was scared it would blow away and he would get in some kind of trouble. I have been reassuring him he would not get in any trouble, and that it is in fact securely fastened to a string. As it turns out 3 year olds are not very rational people, so instead we taped the kite up to the wall in his bedroom and NEVER open the window. Now that does not solve the problem, only pacifices it. When ever we go out and something gets blown around, even a piece of trash, he freaks out. I plan on trying to demonstrate wind, just as soon as I can figure out how to "show" it to him...it being invisible makes it difficult to "show" to a screaming unreasonalble and even less rational toddler. Good luck.