I’m not a parent, but going by pop culture, it seems like literally every child has the same fears.

In pre-modern times, I imagine that they’d be sleeping in the same room as the parents, but if modern notions of privacy don’t permit that, seems we could at least design an enclosed capsule or something.

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    Also not a psychologist, but I would say that’s only true if the fear keeps them from enjoying life

    As adults, we design our living spaces to be comfortable to us. We don’t intentionally make them scary so we can overcome.

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      Speak for yourself. My home is entirely sharp angles and unsecured towers of broken glass and rubbing alcohol suspended in petroleum jelly that also slicks the floor. I will brook no weakness in my home.

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        The people who think not having it be one means children are avoiding rather than overcoming their fears

        It may not have been intended as such originally, but if you defend the design on that basis, it becomes intentional.

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      If your kid can’t overcome a closet you’ve got bigger issues. I’m sorry but this entire thought process is too much.

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      Comfort ya. But we do not succumb to irrational fears either. Our more to the point, it may not be healthy to say place ten locks on our doors because we think someone is trying to break in always.