"Well, after the injection has sugar candy to eat", "Wait after the injection can watch 10 minutes of TV" Every time you take the child to the injection, you have to coax and cheat, but after arriving at the clinic, the fear of needle insertion into the skin is still difficult to eliminate, the child will not only cry, sometimes struggle, so let the child not be afraid of the injection, it seems like a fantasy for parents.
In this regard, Judi Parson, a foreign game therapist, pointed out in "The Conversation" that the best way to make children not afraid of needles than parents' "coercion and inducement" and "bitter mouth" is actually "the later the better"! Yes, you read that right, it's "time to know"!
Children are told at different ages, and the time of notification is also different!
As for the late notification, how late is it? The therapist said that this depends on the age of the child, if the child is under 5 years old, it can be informed on the same day; 5 to 6 years old is informed one or two days earlier; 7 years old is a week before the notification. The therapist emphasizes that if the child has a good experience of injection in childhood, it will greatly increase the willingness to get vaccinated when he grows up, so it is very important to reduce the negative feelings of injections.
If the child refuses to kick or scream during the injection, she also advises parents to consider postponing the vaccination plan to avoid "needle phobia" in the child. About 19% of children aged 4 to 6 will have needle phobia, which drops to 11% at 10 to 11 years old, and 3.5% to 10% of adults. If parents find that their child has an excessively severe needle phobia, they can also seek help from a child psychologist.