The good and the bad of scares for children

Children love to hide and give us scares but they also like to be scared ... or not? Playing scare excites them but why? Is it good or bad that they play this? What is behind the shock by surprise? We analyze the reason for this type of games. Maybe play scare hide something else. Why children like

Children love to hide and give us scares but they also like to be scared ... or not? Playing scare excites them but why? Is it good or bad that they play this? What is behind the shock by surprise?

We analyze the reason for this type of games. Maybe play scare hide something else.

Why children like scares

If we look carefully when we walk down the street we will see how more than one child plays hide behind the door of a house to scare their parents when they pass, they move a little , they hide and wait for them to surprise them with a 'uuuhh! Scare!'.

It is a classic that is repeated in cities and towns. No matter where or when, the theme is to surprise dad or mom and laugh a while. Seen like this there seems to be nothing wrong with this child's play, and usually it is. But what happens when the 'victims' of the game are children, is it just as fun or, on the contrary, does this game further increase our children's fears?

Do children also like to be scared?

It seems that yes in the vast majority of cases. Their reaction to scares by surprise are laughter or laughter, although sometimes they may get angry with us, but it is normal to have fun.

The game of frightening by surprise fulfills, like any other game, a psychic function that contributes to cognitive, social and emotional development, allowing the construction of the child's personality.

The benefits for the child of playing scares

Playing scare by surprise, whether the child is scared or scared, allows the release of anxieties, fears or fears repressed throughout the day in a way Playful and controlled. So the child will feel better after the game, the less you play the more you repress the feelings, so you have to let them flow.This type of games allows us

to work some of the childhood fears such as the fear of being alone or what is behind the closed doors of cupboards or storage rooms. Although it should be used with caution with those very sensitive children since the goal is to have fun not to frighten or sharpen the most.