{"id":3659,"date":"2011-06-29T19:32:58","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T01:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/143.198.191.173\/?page_id=3659"},"modified":"2021-04-28T03:07:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T08:07:18","slug":"afraid","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/babysignlanguage.com\/dictionary\/afraid\/","title":{"rendered":"Afraid, Scared, Frightened"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video_frame\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"left_block\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"right_block\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/25796097?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=97B610;api=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subtitle\">Video: Afraid in Baby Sign Language<\/div>\n<p><strong>Signing<\/strong>: <em>Afraid<\/em> starts with your open hands (or closed fists) by your sides, with the dominant hand around chest level and the non-dominant hand around stomach level. Then you bring your hands inward, in front of your body, palms facing inward and fingers spread in an open &#8216;five&#8217; hand. The sign looks a lot like you just got a big fright.<\/p>\n<p>The same sign is used in baby sign language (and ASL) for <em>afraid<\/em>, <em>scare<\/em>, <em>scary,<\/em> and <em>frightened<\/em>. And remember, when doing any of these signs &#8211; really sell the sign with your facial expressions. You want to look scared and frightened.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_frame\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sign_image\" src=\"\/signs\/afraid.gif\" alt=\"Afraid in Baby Sign Language\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"subtitle\">Figure: Afraid in Baby Sign Language<\/div>\n<p><strong>Usage<\/strong>: Introduce <em>afraid<\/em> when you notice baby in a situation that is causing them to be fearful. Because these tend to be highly memorable situations for baby, they tend to make the connection to the sign quickly.<\/p>\n<p><em>Afraid<\/em> is a useful sign for intermediate babies. It lets them communicate to you what events cause them concern. The things causing baby distress can often be things we find innocuous, such as a a loud blender. And once you know that something is causing your baby concern, it is usually easy to either avoid it or to help baby overcome their fear. Often just naming the emotion does a lot to reduce their anxiety.<\/p>\n<p><em>Afraid<\/em> is usually used when something unexpected and unpleasant happened. When the news is pleasant or neutral, we usually use <a href=\"\/dictionary\/s\/surprise\/\">surprise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"line_break_hidden\"><\/div>\n<a href=\"\/flash-cards\/a\/afraid\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb\" src=\"\/flash_cards\/afraid_small.jpg\" alt=\"Afraid Flash Card Thumbnail\" \/><\/a>\n<p><strong>Flash Card<\/strong>: Click the link to view the <a href=\"\/flash-cards\/a\/afraid\/\">Afraid Baby Sign Language Flash Card<\/a>. The flash cards are printable and available in both U.S. Letter and A4 sizes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Signs<\/strong>: <a href=\"\/dictionary\/e\/excited\/\">excited<\/a>, <a href=\"\/dictionary\/h\/happy\/\">happy<\/a>, <a href=\"\/dictionary\/s\/sad\/\">sad<\/a>, <a href=\"\/dictionary\/s\/surprise\/\">surprise<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video: Afraid in Baby Sign Language Signing: Afraid starts with your open hands (or closed fists) by your sides, with the dominant hand around chest level and the non-dominant hand around stomach level. Then you bring your hands inward, in front of your body, palms facing inward and fingers spread in an open &#8216;five&#8217; hand&#8230;.  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/babysignlanguage.com\/dictionary\/afraid\/\" title=\"ReadAfraid, Scared, Frightened\">Reads more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"product-template.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3659","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PT484-X1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/babysignlanguage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/babysignlanguage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/babysignlanguage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/babysignlanguage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/babysignlanguage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3659"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/babysignlanguage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47925,"href":"https:\/\/babysignlanguage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3659\/revisions\/47925"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/babysignlanguage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/babysignlanguage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}