A Special Episode for Kids: The Fear Facer

The Daily

The New York Times

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4.4 • 102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Nine-year-old Ella was terrified of tornadoes and getting sick. So she did something that was even scarier than her fears: confront them. Guests: Ella Maners and her mother, Katie Maners, and Julia Longoria, a producer for “The Daily.” For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading:Ella spent a week at Fear Facers Summer Camp, a day camp in Florida that helps children learn to deal with obsessive-compulsive and anxiety disorders.

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0:00.0	Oh, what's that?
0:01.4	That, my dream catcher?
0:03.2	Oh, it's called a dream catcher.
0:04.9	So I guess it like catches bad dreams,
0:08.1	but hasn't been working so good.
0:10.5	Oh yeah, have you had some bad dreams lately?
0:12.4	Yes, I've had some last night.
0:14.8	Really? What did you dream about last night?
0:17.0	I don't even really remember.
0:19.2	Yeah, I always forget my dreams too.
0:21.1	I try sometimes to write them down
0:22.6	so I can remember them.
0:23.6	Do you ever do that?
0:25.3	No, ma'am, I'm still working on spelling, so.
0:29.1	Oh my god, that makes sense.
0:36.4	From New York Times, I'm like a ball ball home.
0:38.5	Okay, that would probably be really hard
0:40.8	to say, Marco, I don't know.
0:42.8	I don't know.
0:43.7	Is that his last name?
0:44.8	Marco, a ball bar?
0:46.2	Barbaro, yeah.
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