Covered Face

A child behavior specialist explains that children are naturally frightened of a covered, or veiled, face: “Children of any age can have a degree of uneasiness around people they don’t know. This ranges from mild bashfulness to utter panic. A fear of strange faces is one of the common human fears we are born with. … A distorted human face—as with make up or a mask—has the power to provoke a reaction ranging from amusement to terror” (Donna, “When Kids Are Scared of Costume Characters—Good Par...