Anybody else's kids have weird phobias?

[LeftyMom]

LK's afraid of spiderman. :eyes:

[Tripper11]

1. THE Spiderman?

As in Peter Peter Parker in tights??? Any idea why?

My son has a huge fear of real bugs, spiders, bees, wasps....like they are all out to get him. Funny thing is, he's never been stung or bitten, let alone touched by a them....oh well.

[LeftyMom]

3. The ads in the black suit for the last movie scared him

I don't get it either.

[BarenakedLady]

2. Mine all freak about bugs

especially the flying kind or spiders.

[zanne]

4. I was terrified of God.

The nuns used to tell us all about the horrifying things he would do to us if we sinned.

[treestar]

28. Me too!

I also hated to listen to the band as a child. They'd set it up in the gym and it would hurt my ears and head. Really loud music has always turned me off since then.

[DarkTirade]

5. But... he's a friendly neighborhood spiderman!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

39. Listen, bud, he's got radioactive blood. -nt

[seaglass]

6. My daughter has a fear of wet papertowels and um, she's 18.

She doesn't like Handiwipes either. If she spills something she gets creeped out wiping it up with papertowels and uses way more than necessary so she doesn't have to touch actual wet papertowels.

[AwakeAtLast]

7. Automatic toilets and hand dryers

Set us back 6 months potty training. She will actually look for a hand dryer as she enters the restroom. If she sees one, she holds her ears on her way to the stall. She is now 5.

She has super sensitive ears - both of those things are REALLY loud.

Oh yeah - also the vacuum cleaner - same reason.

[LeftyMom]

8. He's got the hypersensitive hearing thing too.

I know it's a pain. The funny thing is I can't hear very well at all.

[AwakeAtLast]

9. We saw the Blue Angels a few weeks ago and it was absolute torture for her

We hunted for ear plugs but didn't find any in time. She held her ears, then I held her ears - that seemed to help.

They were great to see, but next time we will make sure we have headphones!

[LeftyMom]

10. I took my son to my sister's cheerleading competition.

We had to go wait in the hall until her team was ready, watch her and then get out. The noise had him about ready to cry, but he didn't want to miss her.

I need to find some kid-size earplugs somewhere.

[lizziegrace]

11. Lelapin was terrified of smoke stacks

She called them "smoke attacks". Oh, and train tracks. :shrug:

Luckily, she outgrew both.

[LeftyMom]

12. I was scared to death of the guys in the clean suits in ET.

Kids are weird.

[lizziegrace]

13. Those guys creeped me out

and I was an adult when the movie came out.

It's fascinating (and exasperating at times) how a child's mind develops.

[LaraMN]

14. Omg. Yeah.

JackMN has texture issues. He won't eat anything remotely tough to chew. He also won't eat candy, ice cream, cookies, etc. He doesn't like people to touch his hands, ears, or feet. He screams, cries, and flails every time I brush his teeth or change his diaper.

SophieMN isn't afraid of pretty much anything.

NoelMN has issues with routine. He's paranoid about being late, doesn't like it if his schedule is changed, and grooms his hair constantly. He also refused to wear shorts for a year or two. HE owuld wear pants no matter how hot it was.

[lizziegrace]

15. Lelapin did some of those things

she wore denim once when she was about 3 and then not a single pair of jeans until she started riding horses in 5th or 6th grade. I got pink denim overalls for her and she screamed and clawed her legs when they were on her.

She also couldn't tolerate loud noises and dark crowded places like movie theaters made her panic and shake in fear.

[billyskank]

17. I'm sure she'll be SO happy to read all this on DU

:D

[lizziegrace]

27. It's okay

she freely admits she hated denim and smoke stacks. ;)


:hug:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

24. NoelMN sounds just like me.

:rofl:

[dropkickpa]

16. Moths and bees and wasps

Dropkid *freaks* about moths. This is the kid whose ass I regularly have to go bug-patrol on because she is always bringing buckets of bugs into the house to keep as "pets". She loves all the creepy crawlies except for the above mentioned. She had a huge locust shell collection in an old lunchbox and it would freak her friends out, but the dog ate it :rofl:

[laylah]

18. My Kaghime

will call her Dad at work (over an hour away) to come and remove a moth from the shower. Does that count? :rofl:

[LeftyMom]

22. That counts.

My best friend did that once with a daddy long legs in the bathroom. Only it was by the door so she had to wait in the bathroom until her husband came home to move it, and he's a trucker so she was in there all day. :rofl:

I should mention the phobia got started when we were kids and I set one on her arm. :blush:

[laylah]

36. ...

:spank: for shame! :rofl:

[fizzgig]

26. that was 10 years ago!

i'm never going to live that one down, am i? :P

i apparently never told you about the time a gypsy moth got in the house this summer. i climbed on the back of the couch and smooshed myself in the corner while fat cat played with it and finally ate it

i am such a weenie

[billyskank]

29. :D

:P

:hug:

[fizzgig]

30. i am the coolest person ever, i know :D

:hug:

[billyskank]

31. You and your mom

can't separate you two for coolness. :hug:

[fizzgig]

32. you know it

:D

[laylah]

35. ...

:hug: you have very good taste billy, and an astute sense of intuition. Thank you :rofl:

[dropkickpa]

41. The moth thing must be more common than I thought

Dropkid is seriously freaked by them. Butterflies don't bug her in the least, but moths send her into near hysterics.

[fizzgig]

49. i have no idea why they frighten me so

i know they are harmless...they just seem....dirty isn't quite right but it's the best word i've got

i also hate how they dive bomb me :scared:

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

19. My son doesn't like elevators. n/t

[Critters2]

43. I was terrified of escalators when I was a kid.

My folks finally stopped trying to talk me into using 'em, and just started to look for the nearest stairs or elevator instead.

[Frank Cannon]

20. I was terrified of Alfred E. Neuman as a kid

I had a friend in high school who confessed that he was once terrified of MAD magazine covers, too.

Kids are weird.

[Catshrink]

21. My nephew is phobic about having his photo taken...

he finally admitted that he doesn't like the flash. Fine, so we tried it outside, no flash. He still hides. Little stinker.

[Maestro]

23. Oh certainly

Mine is afraid of new dogs, thunder, lightning, rain, any loud noise, etc...

[opiate69]

25. Our middle son's terrified by craneflies and moths..

[LynzM]

33. We had a phase here....

Of absolute terror of the bathtub drain. We had to do sponge baths for a while... luckily, we were able to help her get over that one. She was afraid that she was going to go down the drain with the water, and we did a lot of showing her that we (and thus she) could not fit down the drain. :hug:

[deadparrot]

34. As a preschooler, I was afraid of the ClayMation orange on Sesame Street.

Like, "run out of the room shrieking" scared. :scared:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

40. Same level of scared, only it was of

Johnny Soko's Giant Robot!

[JohnnyLib2]

37. No, but one has BDS*

*Bush Derangement Syndrome.

[Roon]

38. When my cousin was a little girl

She was scared of motorcycle helmets.

[Critters2]

42. Wow! This thread just gave me a deja vu vibe

I had to check the posting dates, because I was SURE I had read this before. That hasn't happened to me in a long time.

Thank you for your time. You may return to your kids' wierd phobias.

[MnFats]

44. when she was little, my daughter was afraid of the 35W Bridge.

yeah, that one.
she was actually so scared of bridges we had to warn her as we approached one, so she could close her eyes and put her hands over them until we'd crossed over.
The 35W bridge was the worst, especially going south. there's a spot where the angle makes it look like there's nothing but a giant void between you and downtown.

or, there was, anyway.

[Critters2]

46. Wise beyond their years. nt

[Lone_Star_Dem]

45. My daughter was scared of robots

I have no idea to this day where that came from, but yeah, it was weird.

[otherlander]

48. Dude!

The Discovery Zone robot scared the shit out of me! Does anyone else remember that thing? They would send it in if you had a birthday party there. :scared:

[libnnc]

47. I used to freak out watching the animated intro to I Dream of Jeanie

It was those cartoon eyes blink, blink, blinking in that bottle....

spooky shit :scared:

that and Jacks-in-the-Box toys

plink plink plink...plink plink plink plink plink....

plink plink

plink plink

plink plink....plink

plink plink plink...plink plink plink plink plink....

***POP***

SQUEAL!!!

[JVS]

50. .

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