How Does Fear Affect Children

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Often when people hear the word fear, they think of their own fears. Children at different ages have different fears. They also get over their fears as they gain new ones. Multiple studies have been done to show how fear can impact another person and whether or not it is genetic. Therapists can use drawings to read fears and say what the child is afraid of. Fear is the unpleasant emotion caused by great worry about something dangerous, painful, or unknown that is happening or might happen.

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