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Family Forum / Parenting / Parenting / October 2005Pavement Paranioa
It crept up on us.. probably began when DD first saw a skateboarder on one of those wide walkways in town.. then some nitwit wizzing around the park on one of those mini-motorbike-thingies.. finally a neighbour's car parked on the pavement for an afternoon of Chips-Away[tm]. In the last couple of weeks she has absolutely refused to set foot on a pavement and panics big-time if you put her down on one. Adjacent grass is perfectly fine, but it's usually people's front gardens. We can't get her to say why, but AFAICT she thinks a car might suddenly appear and hurt her. Nothing has worked. Has anyone got any ideas how to cure this? -A > It crept up on us.. probably began when DD first saw a skateboarder on > one of those wide walkways in town.. then some nitwit wizzing around the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > appear and hurt her. Nothing has worked. Has anyone got any ideas how to > cure this? How old is she? >> We can't get her to say why, but AFAICT she thinks a car might >> suddenly appear and hurt her. Nothing has worked. Has anyone got any >> ideas how to cure this? > > How old is she? 27 months. >>> We can't get her to say why, but AFAICT she thinks a car might >>> suddenly appear and hurt her. Nothing has worked. Has anyone got any [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > 27 months. How about if you start with "safe" pavements in parks etc so there are no cars around. Or pedestrianised areas in towns. And then started to edge towards the "dangerous ones" once she is happy with the "safe" ones. C > How about if you start with "safe" pavements in parks etc so there > are no cars around. Or pedestrianised areas in towns. And then > started to edge towards the "dangerous ones" once she is happy with > the "safe" ones. Grrr.. after weeks and weeks of this, yesterday she suddenly decided that walking on pavements is perfectly fine after all. >> How about if you start with "safe" pavements in parks etc so there >> are no cars around. Or pedestrianised areas in towns. And then [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Grrr.. after weeks and weeks of this, yesterday she suddenly decided > that walking on pavements is perfectly fine after all. It's often the way! Repeat after me - it's just a stage! love Clare |
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