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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 133588" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>Fear of costumes is a very normal fear for children, even those without any neurological differences. My oldest easy child didn't want to go near stores during the holiday season because of those evil Santa Clauses that were unavoidable out in the world out there.</p><p> </p><p>Most of the time kids outgrow this on their own, usually about the time they decide they want to dress up for Halloween along with the rest of their classmates. Once they get on their own costumes, somehow the rest don't seem so scary because they grasp the change/change back aspect. Does he ever play with costumes at home or with friends?</p><p> </p><p>I don't think I'd take any steps to have your son confront this at this time. I would help to create some safe zones for him: ask teacher would hang up a NO COSTUME sign on the classroom door for the rest of the week, giving him an alternative if they'll be doing a Cat in the Hat assembly. </p><p> </p><p>A month to get over this is pretty long. Does your son have any other extreme anxieties like this?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 133588, member: 701"] Fear of costumes is a very normal fear for children, even those without any neurological differences. My oldest easy child didn't want to go near stores during the holiday season because of those evil Santa Clauses that were unavoidable out in the world out there. Most of the time kids outgrow this on their own, usually about the time they decide they want to dress up for Halloween along with the rest of their classmates. Once they get on their own costumes, somehow the rest don't seem so scary because they grasp the change/change back aspect. Does he ever play with costumes at home or with friends? I don't think I'd take any steps to have your son confront this at this time. I would help to create some safe zones for him: ask teacher would hang up a NO COSTUME sign on the classroom door for the rest of the week, giving him an alternative if they'll be doing a Cat in the Hat assembly. A month to get over this is pretty long. Does your son have any other extreme anxieties like this? [/QUOTE]
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