Minimum Viable Parenting

Do you ever get scared? Children do. They get scared all the time. It's part of their development, which comes as a hallmark of developing brain and their ever-expanding cognition. Though all the learning that our children do is exciting, the fear of the many unknown things around them is no fun. How do we help them?   Fear is a tough emotion to process. It's not something you want to do alone, especially as a child. At the same time, fear is something you would only talk about with someone you can trust. But, even more importantly, it needs to be someone who can understand.   And that's why this question. Children wonder, if we get scared too.   Do you ever get scared?   What should you say? Would it be helpful to tell them that we are not afraid? Would this help them see that there is nothing to worry about? What would give our children confidence? What tools work?