What can help my son overcome his fear of ghosts and demons?
My son is afraid of ghosts and demons no matter how much I try to convince him that there's nothing to be afraid of. I read the questions and answers about fear of ghosts, so I thought that as movies help to scare them, what about movies helping them lose their fears?
What are some common things that can be done to help children adress their fear of ghosts and demons?
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Empower your kids to fight off the monsters. Monsters are scary. They are less scary when you can scare them back and make them run away.
A spray bottle of water makes great monster repellent.
Drawings put up with "magic monster blaster tape" has been known to keep monsters away.
Did you know that monsters are notoriously afraid of flashlights and teddy bears?
They are also terrified of Elsa and Transformers pajamas.
Give your child a way to combat the scariness and it will stop being scary. Feeling helpless is scarier than monsters anyway.
A few suggestions:
Monster's Inc (absolutely great)
Casper
Some episodes of Dreamwork's trollhunters animated series
(but they might be too scary depending on the age of your boy. Also, not about demons but about trolls)
Possibly "How to train your dragon" movies & episodes (again, depending on the age of your boy. Also, not demons but dragons).
There's also a beautiful children's book by Ottfried Preussler called "The Little Ghost", which I bet they must have made into a movie. But I'd suggest you read it to him as a bedtime story.
With my kids, it also helped to humor them. If they were afraid of monsters in their room, we went together to check for them under the bed and behind the door. Plus their stuffed animals had awesome monster-fighting powers.
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