HandwovenConsensusAug 17, 2023

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?

https://lemm.ee/post/4492503

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? - lemm.ee

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.

Show threadExtrasAug 17, 2023
Not a psychologist or anything but isnt it healthy for a child to overcome a fear and not just avoid it
Show threadHandwovenConsensusAug 17, 2023

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.

Show threadandrewtaAug 17, 2023
Dealing with ones fear should be learned at an early age. I didn’t start dealing with my fears until I was 17.
Show threadHandwovenConsensusAug 17, 2023
What stopped you from doing so prior to that?
Show threadOsrsNeedsF2P
My parents build a room where I didn’t have to face my fears
Aug 17, 2023 at 1:50amWeb
Show threadHandwovenConsensusAug 17, 2023

And you never left there until you were 17?

(I know you’re not OP, but still.)

Show threadconcrete_babyAug 17, 2023
Whoosh