Looping

 Fear

There are many things that people are afraid of, some people are afraid of spiders others are afraid of snakes and almost everyone has some fear of the dark. Even if adults don't like to admit it. Even if there is no reason to be afraid of a dark area some people still find it hard not to get scared when they have to walk through that area. There are plenty of other things to be scared of. Not all of them have to be things we can see. Some people have fears about heights others are afraid of germs. others are afraid of being left alone. I personal am afraid of heights taller than two stories or three stories. Unless it is on the sloped roof of a one story building then i get uneasy there too. I also have a strange fear of ladders. I don't like climbing on them to get anywhere, especially if they are unsteady and/ or flimsy.

Dark

Most children have some fear of the dark. It comes from thoughts of monsters under the bed or in the closest, or from some other experience in the dark. Adults think that kids should grow out of their fear by a certain age but sometimes, even if they don't want to admit it adults are still creep-ed out by dark spaces. Especially places that are not familiar to them. Those kids that adults think have grown out of there fear have probably just learned not to go running to mom or dad when they think they see something in the dark. and they probably have figured out that there room is not full of monsters at night, so they have no troubles with the dark in there rooms. there are some places that creep out adults somewhere in their subconscious, for example long pitch black hallways, or basements that are not finished, or maybe really long winding roads through woods. there is no reason to be ashamed of being afraid of the dark because chances are that someone else you know is afraid too.

Monsters 

Children make monsters out of anything. when they are in there room at night they see creatures in the toys and clothes and furniture around them. They also think that there are monsters under there bed or in the closet. There is nothing wrong with a child being scared of "monsters" they see in there room, but they need to learn that there is no monster that will get them in the night. Otherwise they will not be able to function as an adult. I'm not sure what age most children grow out of their fear of the dark but I would think somewhere around  three of four maybe. I don't know why children make monsters out of things around them because I cant remember what I was like at two or three. Maybe the fear of monsters just comes from the fact that the kids are left alone to sleep and the are not used to that, but when they finally get used to being alone in the dark to sleep the monsters they created disappear for them.