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I misread the first two sentences of yours as I read a bit too fast so ignore the first sentence of my last reply. And I’m not sure if fear is the right word for me when I’m usually dealing with this. I think it’s more like feeling slightly unnerved and slightly anxious, but outright fear? I don’t think that’s the right description for how I’m personally feeling most of the time.Some have the belief that if you ignore it, it will go away. This may be the approach your parents were taking with it. Sometimes that approach actually works as the entity gets tired of getting no attention. However, I believe an entire family has to understand that fear feeds these things. Children should be assured in whatever way necessary and acknowledged that what they saw was there but cannot hurt them if ignored.
I will say though that I don’t think I’ve ever subconsciously liked the look of those types of entities when was little. I remember I used to have this book that teaches you how to make finger puppets with ice cream popsicles. When I was four I discovered a page was ripped out and I asked my mother about it, and my mother said it was of grim reaper. I was only 2 or 3 years old and even then it creeped me out and I didn’t want to see it each time we opened the book. I don’t know if that has any insignificance but I do think it makes somewhat sense?