Zeru is afraid of the dark. I think many kids- and even adults- are. But this is a bit excessive to the point of grand inconvenience.
If there is a door open- in the middle of the day- and the light is not on in that vacant room- Zeru insists the door be closed, the light turned on, or he not be anywhere near said room.
During the day I find myself being pulled from various tasks to close doors or "go with me" to get something, etc.
We have talked about God being with us, and why he is afraid, etc. nothing seems to work. He won't close the doors or turn on the lights himself either because that would require him to get near the dark.
So, today I tried to do an activity with the dark... just on paper to start. We took black construction paper and drew "bright" things on it. Things that are good and fun in the dark. Or things that make him happy in general. All these things were drawn "in the dark"
I later took a brighter piece of paper and cut out "windows and doors." I plan to tape, glue, or staple this "door" paper onto the "dark" paper. (I make sure the doors and windows were over the areas with the drawings)
The idea is that we can "open the door" into a dark room and see things we like.
Eventually we will move on from this into actual activities in the dark.
If there is a door open- in the middle of the day- and the light is not on in that vacant room- Zeru insists the door be closed, the light turned on, or he not be anywhere near said room.
During the day I find myself being pulled from various tasks to close doors or "go with me" to get something, etc.
We have talked about God being with us, and why he is afraid, etc. nothing seems to work. He won't close the doors or turn on the lights himself either because that would require him to get near the dark.
So, today I tried to do an activity with the dark... just on paper to start. We took black construction paper and drew "bright" things on it. Things that are good and fun in the dark. Or things that make him happy in general. All these things were drawn "in the dark"I later took a brighter piece of paper and cut out "windows and doors." I plan to tape, glue, or staple this "door" paper onto the "dark" paper. (I make sure the doors and windows were over the areas with the drawings)
The idea is that we can "open the door" into a dark room and see things we like.
Eventually we will move on from this into actual activities in the dark.
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