I have asked this question is Psychology and parenting And because I just love this section I thought I would give you a try. MY 27 month old daughter has a unbelievable fear of clowns. And I don't mean she starts to cry and run to me I mean she becomes paralyzed with fear and begins to shake and cry uncontrollable. She does not have a fear of chucky cheese charactors or people dressed at halloween, it is truley just clowns. WE have never been to the circus and she is not in day care so to my knowledge she has not had a bad experence with one. We have had 5 episodes where she has seen a clown on TV and freaked out. The last was on Friday and it was the worst. It took her hours to settle her down. What would cause such a fear at such a young age? she fears nothing else.|||Well, we all have our phobias that could paralyze us deep down. I can offer you this suggestion, "the only way to conquer your phobia is to actually face your phobia." Hire a professional clown to come to the house during your daughter's birthday party. Warn the clown first about her fear for they do realize that many kids are afraid of them. Think of it this way--most adults are 2-3 times as tall as children. If you saw a person fifteen feet tall in bright clothes and a painted face at your front door yelling, "Surprise!", how would you feel? I used to work in a circus for a while and I have seen many kids with similar problems as your daughter. I have seen a five-year-old boy just freeze with fear when Bobo the Clown approached him. He could not walk and few seconds latter just started to cry hysterically. What Bobo did he pretended to freeze up, then he too started to cry and call his mommy that the little kid was scaring him. He then got an idea to place a jumping rope between him and the boy. He then told him something along the lines, "I won't cross the rope..and they have to stay back behind the rope as well....cause I am afraid of you too!" The kid was still afraid and crying to such a point that he was hyperventilating. So Bobo then said if you feel afraid all you have to do is this. . . bbbbblllllllppppppptttttttt" (raspberry). so the kid barely before it seems that he was about to fain did the raspberry and Bobo the clown took few steps back and told the kid that he was scaring him. So, the boy did several raspberries more and the clown more steps back. The kid stopped crying and then played with the clown for couple of minutes by blowing him raspberries. Oh yes the clown also showed a boy a picture of him without the costume on where he was standing next to his wife and kids. Try it with your daughter. If it doesn't work at least you know you have tried to help end your daughter's fear.

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