Comments on: Fear of a Black Hat

By: Devra

Devra — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:19:18 +0000

Kids go through stages of fear at different developmental agest, if Ian is still scared of the devil hat when he’s 21, then seek help. I remember being in San Francisco and someone said “Look the fog is coming in.” I was 4 or so at the time and I dove under the table and was terrified the fog was coming into Senior Pecos, the restaurant where we were eating.
the waiter served me under the table, he was really great. My mother also got under the table to explain what fog actually is.

Maybe I need to get you an angel hat too…

By: DCUrbanDad

DCUrbanDad — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:54:26 +0000

Just tell ‘em that it does not get any better and his life will be filled with irrational fears. I still fear ninjas hiding in my bushes.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:19:15 +0000

That hat is the bomb.

Mimi has irrational fears too. The other night she had trouble sleeping because they had talked about assassins in school and she was worried that the president might get assassinated (not sure why this made her fear sleeping, maybe she was worried it would happen in her bedroom?)

By: JavaMom

JavaMom — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 06:04:35 +0000

This post had my friend Julie and I laught hysterically on the phone together. (Yes, we are like teenagers who read things/watch things while on the phone.) I started to get into my whole laughing/crying/asthmatic wheezing thing then laughing/crying more, which is my highest form of comedic praise. If my husband comes home and finds me dead on the floor, it will be your fault. I’m just saying…

By: Allison

Allison — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:48:32 +0000

No worries about the sun exploding! it is actually undergoing nuclear fusion, so gas molecules are combining to form heavier molecules and, thus, releasing energy (as light and heat). Therefore, the sun will never explode, it will, however, eventually run out of molecules that can undergo fusion and lose its ability to release energy. At that point in time, we will have 8 minutes before the sun’s energy runs out here on earth and we will likely freeze to death pretty quickly. But, that won’t be for millions of years!

By: Apryl's Antics

Apryl's Antics — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:34:56 +0000

Maybe, just maybe, you could let him try the hat on and look at himself in the mirror? Then he could perhaps get a better understanding of its role as just a hat-nothing scary that transforms the wearer into an evil deity. Just a thought.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:17:39 +0000

First? Great hat. Second? Kids are weird. Isn’t is interesting how they develop a fear of something out of the blue?

By: Tammy

Tammy — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:24:41 +0000

I love the title of this post. And I love your hat.

I think most kids go through crazy fears. Just the other night Eric told me that the neighbor’s have a light by their driveway & it is always on and it was scary.

Just hug Ian, tell him your are sorry he is scared & explain why he shouldn’t be (which I am sure you do). In a few months he will steal your hat & wear it to school. You’ll get the call, don’t worry.

By: kris

kris — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:48:13 +0000

I think I’d break this out every time someone challenged me for a parking space. And also when going to the DMV.

Wish I could help with the question about fears. Good luck, friend!

By: Nancy

Nancy — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:06:32 +0000

I LOVE the hat.

As far as Ian goes, my 6YO was the same way for a long time – full of irrational fears about movies (regardless of what they were about or where we watched them), all things Halloween, and a number of other things.

Fortunately, she’s gotten past them. I rack it up to some teacher-led discussions with her peers at school and some good old-fashioned “don’t be a baby” cajoling from the older kids in after care. There’s probably a bit of improved rationalization that’s come with her age, too. That said, I’m going to score a “win” for peer pressure on this one. It won’t get too many more points in the years to come, I’m sure.