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Grasshopper Green · 03-15-2007, 04:27 PM

My 5 year old son is afraid of dogs, and I'm scared it's something I've passed on to him by accident. I have a lifelong phobia of dogs; at best I tolerate them (mostly dogs I'm familiar with) and at worst (strange/large dogs) they scare the crap out of me. Hubby thinks I've unconsciously passed this onto my son by "protecting" him when we were around strange dogs when he was younger. He's now afraid of all dogs, even though when we meet one on the street I tell him it's nice and won't hurt him. Any advice?

03-15-2007, 04:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
Grasshopper Green ...is a comical chap Location: Where morons reign supreme	Son is afraid of dogs...advice needed. My 5 year old son is afraid of dogs, and I'm scared it's something I've passed on to him by accident. I have a lifelong phobia of dogs; at best I tolerate them (mostly dogs I'm familiar with) and at worst (strange/large dogs) they scare the crap out of me. Hubby thinks I've unconsciously passed this onto my son by "protecting" him when we were around strange dogs when he was younger. He's now afraid of all dogs, even though when we meet one on the street I tell him it's nice and won't hurt him. Any advice? __________________ "They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings; steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king" Formerly Medusa Last edited by Grasshopper Green; 03-15-2007 at 05:15 PM..