Often, parents question the suitability of scary stories for children, especially in the 4-6 year age range. However, according to experts, the most effective way to overcome fear is not to avoid it, but to play with it and work through it using imagination.

From an adult perspective, scary stories can be unsettling, but children experience them differently. They play with the symbolism of fear, not with adult worries and prejudices. In storytelling sessions, children sit on the floor, eyes wide open, eagerly awaiting what will happen, with intrigue and longing, while parents watch with a touch of distrust.

The series of words mentioned, an initial mantra invented by the storyteller, serves to immerse children in the safe world of ancient tales. This world is a unique space that humans have created in our psyche, inherited from our ancestors to understand the world we live in. Children, eager to learn about the world, easily enter this universe.

Upon hearing scary stories, children become nervous, frightened, and chills overcome them. Sometimes, they cover their eyes with their fingers or hide under the covers with their imagination. The storyteller's task is to convey security to the child, so that they can play with fear in the world of the psyche. To do this, when a scary voice is used, the gaze must be calm and affectionate, and vice versa.

Thus, children will play with fear and internalize that “nothing is happening,” they will emerge from under the covers, and their fingers will not be the bars of fear's prison. The end of the initial mantra closes with the phrase “Uxa uxa beldurra, who is trembling, the body of the monster that gets scared with you...”, emphasizing the connection between fear and play.