Once the sun sets, a new world emerges around us. What was once visible, familiar and innocuous is now buried within an unfocused view of darkness, shadow and uncertainty. This somewhat abstract world is darkness, and it’s a world that many people-children, teens and adults-fear. In emergency and catastrophic situations, darkness is a very real probability, one that we can't allow ourselves to be paralyzed by if we're to survive.
The fear of the dark is an ages-old phobia, one that primarily begins during the early years of development. Children from age 2 and upward perceive darkness as scary, with evil, death and monsters coming to the forefront of their minds when the lights go out.