fear is at least in part a learned reaction, and learned in part as a modelled response from those around her. babies in particular are good at picking up and reacting to anxieties from parents, so if the dragon image isn't something that you're anxious about, odds are good she'll grow up just thinking it's a neat print, until she's old enough to ask about it, then you can explain why *you* think it's hilarious.
and i expect that if you buy her a stuffed dragon and teach her how to play with, then make, sock puppets, you'll go a long way toward giving her more pleasant associations for both images :)
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Date: 2009-10-20 12:16 am (UTC)and i expect that if you buy her a stuffed dragon and teach her how to play with, then make, sock puppets, you'll go a long way toward giving her more pleasant associations for both images :)
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Date: 2009-10-20 02:23 am (UTC)Must now go shopping for cute stuffed sea serpent. As if I need another excuse to shop *grin*
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Date: 2009-10-20 11:26 am (UTC)