Is it wrong to say this to my 5 year old sister?
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No, you helped her overcome her fear! It was a very nice thing for you to do, especially because simply telling young children that monsters don't exist doesn't help them! Eventually she will be old enough to where she won't be scared of him anymore (without the lotion) and she'll realize what you did for her and she'll be thankful :o)
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She's going to get raped now! You horrible horrible sister. hehe!
nope cause she'll eventually realize it sounds like u did a cool thing for her.
looks like it fixed the problem so no
Until she is old enough to understand, I think it is acceptable. It shows that she trusts you. Just make sure your parents are aware of what you have told her.well first of all, a 5 year old shouldn't be watching scary movie or scream at all.
i don't think this is necessarily bad. despite the fact that it's lying, i think all in all, it's just one of those fibs that you give for protection. it's a "bad" act done for noble purposes. just don't make to many weird things like that up.
once she grows old enough, she'll understand why you did it.
no ur simply helping her deal thru a small phase its like being scared of the dark n u give them a flashlight to sleep with... they will eventually stop doing it because it will seem silly asthey mature no, it's not wrong. as long as she feels safe. next time, don't let her watch scary movies.
even though "scary movie" is not scary to you. lil minds are very sensitive to images. and anything out of the ordinary will be scary.
At 5 years old I do not think that this was a bad solution. I think that this is a good way to build courage and Independance. You do not want her to get to dependant on other people at this stage of her life. Yes before anyone else says it I know that at 5 she is dependant on you and your family but I mean as far as going to sleep and using the restroom. She is dependant on you and your family to keep her safe so I think that this is a way to make her feel safe. I did sorta the same thing with my daughter when she was about 4 or 5 by telling her that if she and I said "Go away monster" 3 times before going to bed then nothing could get her. It worked and now that she is 11 there is no problem with monsters and hasnt been since then.
also keep that glittery lotion on hand and in stock otherwise you may have another problem that you have to deal with.
I have taken 3 years of early childhood development. And they never told us that doing thins like that is wrong. As long as you know that guy aint coming after her and we all know hes not then theres no reason why its wrong as long as it makes her feel safe. Thats why we put night lights in childrens room when they think monsters are under there bed and we tell them as long as theres light they wont come out. So i would say theres nothing wrong with it. I would do it to my children. Why is it bad?? Did the lotion not work as you said? Peace.
No your just trying to help her, it would be different if you were using the scary man to keep her out of your room or something like that. She will eventually grow out of that, and you both can look back on it later and laugh.
Yes, because if there was a real monster then it would have been wrong lying to her. But the monster is not real and she will realise it later that there is no monster.i don't know.
ask your parents'.
kids shouldn't be watching those movies in the first place.
Please do not listen to the others that have responded. The fast and easy fix is usually wrong. Lying is wrong and destroys trust. Your sister would have been at peace if you had explained that it was a movie with people pretending to be monsters. Rent or Buy the video Veggie Tales. It talks about a child who's afraid after watching a scary movie.
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