A Child's Fear By Julien Green

In human nature there exists a morbid desire to explore the darker realms of life. As sensitive beings we make every effort to deny our curiosity in the things that frighten us, and will calmly reassure our children that there aren't any creatures under their beds each night, but deep down we secretly thrive on that cool rush of fear. Despite our efforts to maintain a balance of respectable emotions, we are a society of people who slow down to look at traffic accidents and find excitement in the macabre. We turn off the lights when watching scary movies, and when it's time to go to bed, we secretly make sure the closet doors are shut. Fear keeps our hearts pumping and endorphins rushing, for it is an emotion that reminds us of our

Fear is an existing emotion that begins in childhood and progresses into adulthood. Children ages zero to two fear separation of parents, loud noises, and strangers while three to six year olds fear imaginary beings such as ghost and monsters (Smith). It is understandable that fear progresses in one’s lifetime, morphing from childish fears into more real-like scenarios. Propaganda, especially during wartime, appealed more to the fears of adults, as artists were targeting that

In the novel A Child Called It, the author Dave Pelzer discussed his courage to survive while growing up in his household. The family was living the perfect traditional western family life. During the early years, the family does things together and the mother was always happy to prepare special meals, outings, and surprises for her family. When the father was working, the mother would take Dave and his brothers on special outings. The family would go on vacations which were fun and memorable for the children.

“A Child Called “It”” is a riveting autobiography about the early childhood of abuse survivor David Pelzer. His story takes place in the year 1973, where he lived in a California home just outside of the San Francisco Bay area in Daly City. A time is recalled where David had the perfect life, with camping trips, special day trips with Mother, and extravagant holiday meals. Everything seems to be perfect, until one day things get out of control.

I read the book A Child called “It”. I loved this book it really spoke to me in a manner of taking my family life for granted and taking everything I have for the best because in all reality it could be worse. This book takes place in Dale City, California during the 1970’s.

A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer is an interesting but awfully truthful story of growing up in an abusive childhood. This story is about the author life as a child. He gives first hand experiences of how he felt growing up. Dave was the outsider in his family and was the main victim of his parent’s abuse. This book will have you on the edge of your seat in suspense as you wait and hope for the end of a little boys struggle to live. This book does a wonderful job giving the first hand experiences of what it is truly like to be an abused child. Not all of the book is negative and the story can be viewed as an inspiring journey of how strong one child can be and what he will do to survive.

The author's purpose in A Child Called it, is to show the perspective of an abused child. The Author of this book was abused when he was a small child. The book shows that if the readers are abused, they can survive it and get out of there by reporting the authorities. Do not be scared, just tell the truth and you can be sent to a better home with better care. Dave wanted the readers to see what happens behind closed doors.

The book I choose to write this paper on child development is "A child Called It by Dave Pelezer". This book talks about the relationship between a alcoholic mother and her son name Dave. Who has been abused everyday; both mentally and physically. Once you read this book you will feel every little emotion that runs through Dave body. When I say this I’m talking about when his mother decides to do the abuse and the after effect feeling that Dave has. I really recommend this book to be read by mothers because it exemplifies that no matter if your single mother with one or more kids no type of abuse is ok. If you ever decided to read this book be prepared to cry, smile, and get angry. Once you finish reading I think any parent would have a new mind set before even attempting to see their child cry ever again.

Is it right to be nice to a person that was mean to you in the past? Many people will say no you should do what they did to you, and make them see how you felt in the past. In the story The Bully by Roger Dean Kiser, it’s the opposite, you should be nice to a person that was mean to you. The story The Bully is about the protagonist Roger; back in middle school he uses to get bullied by Tony. As time passed the have met again in their late age in life at a restaurant, but Tony is in a wheel chair and Roger is nice to Tony. Despite their unstable past. Roger is a kind person and will not keep a grudge even towards other people that have bullied him in the past.

America has been granted many influential American authors in literature throughout history. Children’s literature is best known for happy endings and keeping things light and positive. However, there are a handful of authors that uses, children’s fear to create short stories and depict a sense of terror. Robert Lawrence Stine exposes children’s literature to the fun in fear. Stine’s well known series is Goosebumps. Stine impacted the world of children’s literature by helping more kids become interested in reading, creating a “Horror Life” genre for children’s literature, and evolving the craft of the story telling by his use of cliffhangers at the

Frightening children can have long-term negative effects as told in this story. The man, in his fifties now, still has an irrational fear of the dark despite knowing it was his cousin who scared him. The boy was quite young to experience this kind of scare and even though the “Sandman”

Ali Eteraz is a smart and thoughtful writer. He also has a way of adding a bit of comedic value in his writings when needed. His book “Children of Dust” is a memoir of his life in Pakistan and America. This book also reads more like a story as opposed to a book that just states facts. This book “Children Of Dust” is broken down into five parts. Each one of these parts signify a different name he takes for himself. Meaning, each of these names or parts identify a certain stage in his life, that he comes to terms with something. Such as Pakistan, Islam, and America and how he belongs to each.

Fear is an emotional response that can trigger different reactions and outcomes within certain individuals. However the aspect of fear itself creates a distinct difference among children and adults, for instance children are more fearful of monsters while adults tend to fear other items such as death or fiancés. However at what age would these distinctions occur along with distinguishing if other factors contribute to these differences throughout an individual’s life span. Due to this, and my curiosity within child development I decided to further my knowledge and search for scholarly research articles, which conceptualize the differences upon fears and an individual lifespan.

Statistics indicate many aggressors at some point or another have witnessed acts of violence. During childhood, these observed behaviors can have a major impact and influence on adolescent and adult attitudes, perception of self and others. "Children become more susceptible and prone to negative and dangerous behaviors which can

Parents, often without even realizing it, expose their children to sights that may arouse fear within the child. They may take their children to a bookstore, leave the news on the television, watch violent movies, allow their children to play violent video games, etc. Things that do not scare adults can extremely frighten children because their brains are not yet fully developed, and, therefore, cannot logically reason the improbability of their fears. Systems responsible for logical reasoning mature by the time people are 16 (Steinberg). It is for this reason that teens are not allowed to watch an R-rated movie before the age of 17- the events in the movie make them afraid because they cannot fully reason the difference between what is fake and what could actually happen to them. Parents should monitor what their children