I'm not a parent, but going by pop culture, it seems like literally every child has the same fears.

In pre-modern times, I imagine that they'd be sleeping in the same room as the parents, but if modern notions of privacy don't permit that, seems we could at least design an enclosed capsule or something.

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[–] 78 points 3 years ago (13 children)

Not a psychologist or anything but isnt it healthy for a child to overcome a fear and not just avoid it

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  • [–] [S] 18 points 3 years ago (12 children)

    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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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    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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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 years ago (4 children)

    What stopped you from doing so prior to that?

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  • [–] 18 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    My parents build a room where I didn't have to face my fears

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Who intended for the closet to be a scary void?

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  • [+] [S] -6 points 3 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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  • [–] 2 points 3 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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