Comments on: Mr Skinny Legs

By: Little Ms J

Little Ms J — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:47:00 +0000

I have a feeling we’ll hear more about this subject in future posts! Aside from obvious phobias I fear the phobia of bathing most. You never want your kid to be the stinky one in class! How funny!

By: Mothership

Mothership — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:31:00 +0000

We have black widow spiders where we live so we have encouraged a healthy respect of arachnids! Not terrified fear, but more of a say hello, look closely but don’t pick them up, whatever you do. However the children have bug cages that they keep all kinds of other unfortunate insects in as ‘pets’. Inevitably they get left in there without food and water in the blistering sun and die a slow, horrible death. Seems fair?

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:17:00 +0000

And I try to encourage my kids to pick up spiders, so that they don’t develop arachnophobia… Funny how we all do things differently!

By: Mum's the word

Mum's the word — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:03:00 +0000

Great post.
I’m a single mum and I’m an arachnaphobic (sp?)
If I think that I have seen something out of the corner of my eye, then I am on ‘spider’ alert.
Its a bad, bad phobia. Gives me hots sweats, palpitations, hyperventilation and hair standing on end on back of neck. Yes I am a wuss, wimp, whatever.
I’m 40 and my mum has just suggested that I have some therapy.
There is a big world out there and it’s funny what scares us.

By: Merrily Down the Stream

Merrily Down the Stream — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:28:00 +0000

Oops! Two serious cases of arachnophobia that.

By: Kitty

Kitty — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:42:00 +0000

It’s going to cost your daughter loads of money to pay the therapist who has to listen to her ‘petrified of spiders’ neurosis come pouring forth in 30 years time! x