I was in first grade, watching a semi-religious TV show called “This is the Life.” In the show, a teenage boy was hit by lightning and killed (off-screen). I had not known at this time that lightning could be lethal. I immediately went to my Mom to ask her about this, but she was busy making Sunday dinner. And that began a phobia of lightning that went on for three years. I read the facts, how unlikely it is to get hit by lightning, that wearing rubber soles protected me (something my Mom later told me) everything meant to calm me. But I couldn’t even look at the L volume of our World Book Encyclopedia. Nowadays, kids can look stuff up on the Internet. Still, no matter how busy you are, if something has scared your child, take the time to talk with them about it!
Or “Heidi” could start.