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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What exactly is your concern?  When my kid was that age, she was scared of squirrels.  When she saw them and was scared, I gave her a hug and said, "Yes, squirrels are scary, look the squirrel is going up the tree.  Oh look, there's a puppy; shall we ask their human if we can say hi?"  Just provide comfort and distraction; not sure why it needs to be talked about when there aren't any bees around.[/quote]

We only talk about the bees when we’re looking at them but thanks for being so nasty for no reason. [/quote]

I'm so sorry, I wasn't actually trying to be nasty.  I thought you were talking about bees when they showed up in books/pointing them out in the back yard/etc based on your post.  Since you apparently don't, I'm not sure how calmly comforting your scared child could make things worse?  I don't really see a problem with a child being scared of bees tbh; bees can be dangerous (unlike squirrels which are pretty benign).  Anyway, sorry again for not tone checking my first response.[/quote]
I don’t think your tone was nasty and you provided good advice.
OP, I think it’s fine to name the fear but I also think you should make sure not to dwell (not saying you are,  because there’s no way for me to know) because sometimes spending too much time validating can make the child believe a disproportionate fear is reasonable. Tell her that carpenter bees don’t sting and the best thing you can do around here is be still.
I’d also look into removing the carpenter bees from your yard.[/quote]

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