Culture plays an important role in shaping children's fears. When adults view fear as a natural and healthy state, children express a much smaller number of fears.

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A study of Navajo parents, who view fearful children as healthy children, and white parents from Montana, who emphasize braveness as a positive value, demonstrated that when fear is seen as normal and healthy, children are more likely to express fear. Parents of Navajo children reported 22 fears on average, whereas the while parents from Montana reported that their children had on average only 4 fears.

Culture Plays an Important Role in Shaping Children's Fears