How to distinguish fear from anxiety? What to do if a child is afraid to communicate with peers? How to talk about war, death and other scary things? The book will help caring adults find an approach to children's fears, calm a frightened child in an environmentally friendly way and teach him to benefit from an ancient and natural emotion. While exploring the world, a child can find a lot of scary things in it: from an angry dog to a monster under the bed. Sometimes he is overcome by anxiety before a test or is frightened by the possible loss of loved ones. It can be difficult for adults - parents, teachers, grandparents - to discuss these fears with children without devaluing or shaming, because we ourselves easily give in to panic. The authors of the book, experts in the field of emotional intelligence Victoria Shimanskaya and Alexandra Chkanikova, suggest not getting rid of fears and not to deny them, but to find benefit and resource in them - so that fear becomes not an enemy, but an ally for the child. Each chapter of the book includes practical tasks and exercises for children and parents, as well as examples of dialogues with a child in each specific situation. Thanks to this, the whole family will be able to make friends with fears step by step.