Will your kid inherit your phobia"
Thanks to a string of bad childhood experiences, mom-of-two KC Craig is seriously afraid of the dentist. It?s bad enough that she sometimes cries as she calls to make an appointment for herself or her daughters, and hearing a dental drill or smelling that dentist-office smell can trigger a panic attack. Despite having lived with this fear for years, she saw things differently when she became a parent. ?I knew that I couldn?t let this fear continue to stop me from going to the dentist, and I didn?t want to pass that fear on to my kids,? she says.
Cheryl Freeborn, a mom of four, also has a phobia, but hers is more unusual. Touching or even stepping on a cigarette butt can send her into an anxiety attack, which she traces back to two family members dying of smoking-related diseases. Neither her seven-year-old nor her nine-year-old have shown signs of inheriting the fear (the same goes for her two young adult children), but that may be because Freeborn has intentionally avoided letting them witness it. ?I won?t take them to a park or anywhere like that, and we didn?t go to a parade recently because I knew there would be cigarette butts there,? she says. ?I feel like I?m depriving my children because of my issue.? Phobias?defined as intense, excessive and persistent fears of an object or situation?are pretty common. According to the Canadian Psychological Association, more than one in 10 adults have a specific phobia, and they often start in childhood. A phobia can seriously int...
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