Comments on: Homemade Monster Spray For Kids Who Are Afraid of Monsters

By: Joseph

Joseph — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 23:50:04 +0000

As an MFT, many kids come into my office who experience bad dreams. Monster spray is an incredibly creative way to help kids reclaim their right to a good night’s sleep. It is a wonderful 1st step in helping them learn establish some control over their fear of the dark and of monsters. Validating their fear and then giving them a tool to face it is exactly what should be happening. It is far more helpful that just telling them that they are wrong and that monsters are not real. It is also developmentally appropriate for many young kids because it makes an abstract concept like fighting monsters and bad dreams more tangible and concrete.. great job. It also works swimmingly!

By: Amanda Thomas

Amanda Thomas — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 06:00:17 +0000

My family used “scare away” spray. I use watered down fabreeze so it won’t stain carpet.

My son and I each have our own bottle and we spray each room while chatting about all the scary things the spray protects us from: ghosts, bad guys, monster, you name it. We focus our words on our current fear.

By: happyhooligans

happyhooligans — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 23:34:16 +0000

In reply to Matt. Wow, thanks for sharing your opinion twice, Matt. :)

By: happyhooligans

happyhooligans — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 23:34:00 +0000

In reply to Matt. Thanks for sharing your opinion, Matt.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 17:26:33 +0000

Monster spray is NOT a good idea. Using a monster spray does nothing but enforce the idea that monsters are indeed real and the only thing that will get rid of them is the monster spray. My four year old was scared of monsters for a very short while. I refused to use the monster spray method, and instead kept reassuring him that monsters are not real and he had nothing to be scared of. It soon passed. But I’m sure if I had used the spray I would still be needing to spray it in his room every night continuing to instill the idea that monsters are very real.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 17:25:05 +0000

Monster spray is NOT a good idea. Using monster does nothing but enforce the idea that monsters are indeed real and the only thing that will get rid of them is the monster spray. My four year old was scared of monsters for a very short while. I didn’t refused to use the monster spray method kept reassuring him that monster are not real and he had nothing to scared of. It soon passed. But I’m sure if I had used the spray I would still be needing to spray it in his room every night continuing to instill the idea that monsters are real.

By: Otilia

Otilia — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 17:34:59 +0000

oh how cutre is the bag. i love it!

thank you for linking up with the #pinitparty

By: happyhooligans

happyhooligans — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 18:25:55 +0000

In reply to sage.

If you click on the link in the article, to 40 ways to Help your Child Stop Being Afraid of Monsters, you’ll see that many parents feel that the first step in helping your child is acknowledging their fear. Another step is empowering the child to take control of his or her fear, and one way to do that is providing them with a “tool” of some sort – whether it’s a chant, a bottle of spray, a prayer, a stuffed animal etc. to help them. The spray allows the child to take control of the situation whether at bedtime or in the middle of the night. It’s worked for many. Hope that helps to answer your questions.

By: sage

sage — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 18:10:43 +0000

Doesn’t this perpetuate the fear? I understand children think they’re real and genuinely fear monsters, but if we spray them away, like they’re real…how does a child reason that they won’t return in the middle of the night?