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Visits to the doctor or dentist cannot be avoided, but the terror that they strike in some children can, with these tips from child psychologists at the Anna Freud Centre Visiting the doctor and dentist is something that every child has to do. Many will take this in their stride, but children, like adults, can sometimes become fearful and anxious about these visits. This fear can emanate from past bad experience, from a general fear of 'the unknown' or from fears transmitted by others. If a parent is terrified of the dentist, or is worried about the child, the child...