The puppies always saved the day, while the duck hid in fright. Now she created wild make-believe dangers.
Previously, she had been afraid to have anything “bad” or scary ever happen in her pretend play. Over time, the game evolved as Brook found more and more ways to scare the duck, who alternated between outrageous bragging (“I’m not scared of anything!”) and silly cowering.īrook added a new element of the game, in which the puppies bravely protected themselves and the security guard duck. Brook went to get all her stuffed puppies and delighted in frightening the duck with them.
Brenda made the security guard duck run for cover from the “dangerous puppy,” screeching in pretend fear, which made Brook laugh more. I’ve heard there are some dangerous puppies around here.” Brook giggled as her mother made the duck strut around the room, acting super-brave until she saw a tiny stuffed puppy. Security Duckīrenda pulled out the duck and made up a funny “guard” voice for it: “I’m going to guard the whole barnyard to make sure everything is safe. Brenda asked me what she should do with the character of the security duck, but I told her that she and Brook would figure it out at home. I loaned them a silly-looking stuffed duck that Brook had enjoyed in my office, and suggested that Brenda make it into a security guard who was overenthusiastic about her job, but frightened by everything.
I guess if any of that worked I wouldn’t be here.”īrook loved make-believe play, so I encouraged Brenda to play Security Duck. When I asked Brenda what she had tried to help Brook, she rolled her eyes and said, “I’ve tried telling her to relax, that there’s nothing to worry about. Her mother, Brenda, frustrated with this pattern, was often impatient. When that happened, she asked her mother the same questions over and over, and was never satisfied with the answer. When I first met Brook, she was a girl who was easily agitated, especially if her routine was disrupted. Here's three games you can play to confront fear and anxiety. You can use dramatic play to help loosen up this hypervigilance. Children with high anxiety spend much of their time “on guard,” on the lookout for potential dangers.
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