Uganda, April 14 -- One of my children who is nine years old, is overly fearful. He fears the dark so much you will tuck him in his bed in the night and find him in his brother's bed the next morning. Or while watching TV with his friends or siblings and all of a sudden he will bolt out of the room and start peeping from a distance.

I am not alone. Ms Patience Kagwa, a mother to seven-year-old Miracle, shares a familiar experience; "Miracle is very fearful. Even during the day, she will fear to go to a moderately dark room in the house or fear of ghosts and monsters. You have to send her with her younger siblings. And she is 10 years old." Fear is triggered by threat of harm whether physically, or emotionally.

Fear is often seen as a ne...