Comment on Small children are well known to be afraid of voids (closets, under the bed) in their sleeping area. Knowing this, why don't we design children's rooms to eliminate them?

Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Also not a psychologist, but I would say that’s only true if the fear keeps them from enjoying life

  As adults, we design our living spaces to be comfortable to us. We don’t intentionally make them scary so we can overcome.

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  • DharmaCurious@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Speak for yourself. My home is entirely sharp angles and unsecured towers of broken glass and rubbing alcohol suspended in petroleum jelly that also slicks the floor. I will rook no weakness in my home.

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  • andrewta@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Dealing with ones fear should be learned at an early age. I didn’t start dealing with my fears until I was 17.

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    • HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      What stopped you from doing so prior to that?

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      • andrewta@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Fears are a tough thing to face.

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  • collegefurtrader@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Who intended for the closet to be a scary void?

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    • HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      The people who think not having it be one means children are avoiding rather than overcoming their fears

      It may not have been intended as such originally, but if you defend the design on that basis, it becomes intentional.

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Same dude who put a bucket of truth outside the master bathroom

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  • Surp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    If your kid can’t overcome a closet you’ve got bigger issues. I’m sorry but this entire thought process is too much.

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  • Zippy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Comfort ya. But we do not succumb to irrational fears either. Our more to the point, it may not be healthy to say place ten locks on our doors because we think someone is trying to break in always.

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