Small children are well known to be afraid of voids (closets, under the bed) in their sleeping area. Knowing this, why don't we design children's rooms to eliminate them?

HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 138 points –

I'm not a parent, but going by pop culture, it seems like literally every child has the same fears.

In pre-modern times, I imagine that they'd be sleeping in the same room as the parents, but if modern notions of privacy don't permit that, seems we could at least design an enclosed capsule or something.

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"Bran thought about it. ‘Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?’ ‘That is the only time a man can be brave,’ his father told him."

I recognise this. Where's it from?

This is from page 26 of A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin.

It's from game of thrones, but I don't know if the quote originated there. I've seen it in different wordings all over the place.