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4yo son was convinced a crocodile was chasing him and he was terrified at school. this happened twice now. what is it ?

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Vivid imagination: Your son may have read, or seen something about crocs and this combined with a vivid imagination, may have heightened his fear of this. The other option is that his classmates may have discovered this fear and they are teasing him.

Dr Hegab agreed

Answered 3/6/2016

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