Does your child runs and hides behind you every time you have visitors or when you visit friends or relatives? Does he or she have problems adapting to a new environment at playschool or nursery? Is it normal for children to be scared of strangers?
According to Dr. Azam Bin Mohd Nor, Consultant Paediatrician from Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur, all children go through a certain degree of stranger anxiety in their lives. To a certain extent, this anxiety is a natural mode of defense to protect a child from being too friendly too fast with unknown people who might not have the best interests of the child at heart.