When your son or daughter comes to you and shares a fear he or she is dealing with,

one of the best gifts you can give is empathy.

Those moments are a perfect opportunity to kind of be a safe place for them.

I'm John Fuller joined by Dr. Danny Werta.

He leads our parenting department here at the ministry and Danny let's talk about little kids

younger children. What are some of the most common fears for that younger age

Well just remember that fears mainly come with am I safe that's the question that fear is trying to answer So for young kids it could be the dark, it could be being alone,

bugs, big dogs, loud noises, unusual environments, sometimes it's heights as well for some kids.

They don't feel a sense of safety around a cliff, which is good.

And a big one can be imaginary monsters that they create and they may watch something and then it's created as a potential reality in different places that they're at.

Many things are things that are misinterpreted yet they're real to them and

kids carry many fears. They want to know if they're safe or not. Yeah and we're going to dial into that more as we hear from Christy Straub and her husband,

Dr. Josh Straub. They have three young kids and they shared lessons that they've learned

along the way with Jim Daly.

And that's the next question I wanted to ask you,

what our kids see in us as parents, right?

And you know, sometimes I'm feeling good about that analysis.

Sometimes I'm feeling like, what damage have I done?

And in this area of worry, particularly, we as parents can be demonstrating worry

without even knowing it,

and our kids are picking up on it.

If mom and dad are worried, I should be worried.

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