{"id":4244,"date":"2015-07-06T03:00:29","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T07:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/?p=4244"},"modified":"2015-07-05T18:53:13","modified_gmt":"2015-07-05T22:53:13","slug":"parent-and-child-learning-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/2015\/07\/parent-and-child-learning-together.html","title":{"rendered":"Parent and Child Learning Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Question:<\/strong> I understand the nature of fear and how it feeds on itself, but I would like to know more about the right words and actions to be used when dealing with my child\u2019s fear of the dark. I know she will sense my essence, therefore I would like guidance in this area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong> Children naturally are nourished, for either the good or bad of that inner food, by the energetic states they pick up from us. One of the problems you&#8217;re facing here (that we all face) is that you don&#8217;t want to make a mistake. Consider this: How else do we learn what is true other than by being willing to enter into uncertain conditions and therein finding out for ourselves what works and what doesn&#8217;t. This action, for instance, even the most feeble attempt to explain to your child the nothingness of fear, you will learn from and so will she. Go to work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: I understand the nature of fear and how it feeds on itself, but I would like to know more about the right words and actions to be used when dealing with my child\u2019s fear of the dark. I know she will sense my essence, therefore I would like guidance in this area. 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